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Campaign finance – also called election finance, political donations, or political finance – refers to the funds raised to promote candidates, political parties, or policy initiatives and referendums. Donors and recipients include individuals, corporations, political parties, and charitable organizations.
A 2017 study found that "only a small portion of Americans make campaign donations" and that both Democratic and Republican donors "are more ideologically extreme than other partisans, including primary voters. With respect to why individuals contribute, we show that donors appear responsive to their perception of the stakes in the election." [56]
In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. [1] [2] The legal term PAC was created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States.
According to FEC filings, Menendez’s campaign paid more than $2.3 million to five different law firms in the last quarter of 2023 in the wake of his September indictment (campaign expenditure ...
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, Pub. L. 92–225, 86 Stat. 3, enacted February 7, 1972, 52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq.) is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending.
When investment bankers and brokerage firms are large donors or fundraisers for a political candidates, you know that the stage can be set for a conflict of interest. That certainly does not apply ...
Campaign finance expert Jan Baran, a member of the Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, wrote that "The history of campaign finance reform is the history of incumbent politicians seeking to muzzle speakers, any speakers, particularly those who might publicly criticize them and their legislation. It is a lot easier to legislate against ...
As mentioned in yesterday's story about R. Allen Stanford, someone told the SEC to "call off its dogs." A report from the Center for Responsive Politics may explain who put that pressure on the SEC.