Investigations
Vice President Pence’s revolving door
Over the course of 2017, a trio of Hoosiers with direct ties to Pence represented nearly one in six groups lobbying the Office of the Vice President.
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Investigations
Former Cruz campaign manager was involved in conduit contribution scheme
Jeff Roe, who ran Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, was intimately involved in a 2012 conduit contribution scheme that resulted in the American Conservative Union paying a $350,000 fine.
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Republican Attorneys General group spent more than $75K at Trump businesses, filing shows
The Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) spent more than $75,000 total at two different properties owned by President Trump in the second half of 2017, according to the group’s most recent filing with the IRS
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Remembering Buckley’s mistakes
“Money is speech” our current campaign finance jurisprudence tells us. And while many consider the 2010 decision of Citizens United v. FEC as the source of that edict, it is actually much older.
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Lobbyist with access to HHS Sec. Price loses clients following Price resignation
Congressional staffers who pass through the revolving door to join lobbying firms are often hot commodities for special interests seeking access to their former bosses.
Investigations
Is five percent the standard rate for acting as a dark money pass-through?
If an organization is going to participate in an illegal conduit contribution scheme, there has to be something in it for the group to make the risk worthwhile, right?