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NEWS ABOUT: Campaign Finance Reform

Campaign Finance Reform stories: 9 news summaries
Matt Taibbi

 Obama's a Fraud; 
 Elect the 
 TARP Queen 

Time to face it, Obama's not delivering

Oct 23, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a year into his presidency, Barack Obama appears to suck. He hasn’t closed Guantanamo Bay, health care reform is a debacle, and worst of all, he’s “completely whiffed” on fixing Wall Street, “siding with the financial status quo, who happen to be the bad guys,... More »

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Barack Obama • Campaign Finance Reform • corporate America • Elizabeth Warren • progressives • Matt Taibbi

ANALYSIS

McCain Again Banking on Reform Rep

Campaign finance, particularly, re-enters candidate's public line

Jul 16, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - After shying away from the issue for some time, John McCain is returning to his credentials as a crusader for campaign-finance reform, Politico notes. In an attempt to woo independent voters, the Republican is underlining his reputation as a Washington reformer, while coping with flak from small-government conservatives within his... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • political reform • Campaign Finance Reform • Teddy Roosevelt

McCain Backers Finding Ways Around Law He Sponsored

GOP governors fund is major finance loophole

Jul 3, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Desperate to keep up with Barack Obama's powerful fundraising apparatus, John McCain’s allies have found ways of skirting the very campaign finance laws the Arizona senator helped write, the Wall Street Journal reports. Republican strategists are pushing donations toward a fund used to elect governors—not subject to dollar... More »

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John McCain • campaign finance • McCain Feingold • Campaign Finance Reform • 527 groups • Republican Governors Association • McCain 2008

Analysis

Obama's a Pragmatist,
Not a Reformer

His decision to opt out of public financing
is right in character

Jun 20, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s decision to opt out of the public financing system shouldn’t come as a surprise, writes Politico’s Ben Smith. Obama has been inching away from the money for a long time now, proving once again that he’s not a traditional reformer—he’s a pragmatist.... More »

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Barack Obama • campaign finance • Campaign Finance Reform • Obama 2008 • public financing • public funding

McCain Ousts Consultant
Over Conflict
of Interest

He also worked for tax-exempt 527 group

May 16, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign gave the boot to veteran conservative consultant yesterday after it came to light that he also was a paid consultant for a tax-exempt political group designed to attack Democratic candidates, Politico reports. The campaign says it never coordinated its activities with the so-called 527 group—which would... More »

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John McCain • Campaign Finance Reform • Federal Election Law • Federal Election Commission • 527 groups • McCain 2008 • Craig Shirley

ANALYSIS

Saint John Still Tainted by Senate Murk

Ethics crusader is still no stranger to
lobbying culture

Mar 27, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, Democrats are rushing to expose chinks in the Arizona senator's saintly armor, Michael Scherer reports in Time. Though McCain talks tough about special interests, he has often appeared to have done their bidding. He once, for example, wrote a letter on behalf of... More »

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John McCain • Howard Dean • McCain Feingold • Dish Network • Campaign Finance Reform • lobbyist • Democratic National Committee • lobbying • FedEx • Senate Commerce Committee • McCain 2008 • AT&T • Vicki Iseman • Keating Five • Qwest Communications • 1996 Telecommunications Act • Federal Communications Commission • Public Citizen

Feds Taking Closer Look at McCain Loan

Could lock him into matching funds—
and $54M limit

Feb 21, 08 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Today just isn’t John McCain’s day. The Federal Elections Commission says it may not allow the presumptive Republican nominee to drop out of the federal matching funds program, because he used it as collateral for a $4 million loan he took out to fund his cash-strapped primary campaign... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • McCain Feingold • Campaign Finance Reform • matching funds • Federal Election Commission • McCain 2008 • David Mason • Trevor Potter

On Tape, Sharpton Cuts
Deal for Campaign Cash

FBI video shows then-candidate agreeing to grease business wheels for donor

Dec 15, 07 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Someone should have told Al Sharpton he was on candid camera. When the then-presidential candidate agreed to land a multimillion-dollar contract for fundraiser Ronald White in 2003, the FBI was filming the whole thing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Now Sharpton is under investigation for possible tax fraud and campaign... More »

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FBI • Al Sharpton • Campaign Finance Reform • campaign fundraising

High Court
Eyes McCain-
Feingold 

Alito, Roberts may reverse ban on "issue ads" during campaign

Apr 26, 07 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court looks poised to pull an about face on the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law by striking down its strictures on "issue ads"—pre-election commentary that mentions candidates by name. Sandra Day O'Connor joined a majority in upholding the ban in 2003; Alito and Roberts may provide... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • McCain Feingold • Campaign Finance Reform • political action committees • US Supreme Court

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