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Paul Blumenthal

Watchdogs Demand Probe Of Donors Who Gave Too Much

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Two campaign finance watchdogs have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission asking for an investigation into potential vi...

Emily Swanson

Americans Don't Agree With This Campaign Finance Case Either

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Swanson | Posted 02.23.2013 | Politics

The Supreme Court announced this week that it would hear McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case challenging the cap on the total amount tha...

Hey Citizen, Can You Spare $1,000? How About $10 Million?

Blair Bowie | Posted 03.23.2013 | Politics
Blair Bowie

Candidates for the U.S. Senate this election got nearly 64 percent of the money they raised from individuals in contributions of at least $1,000 -- from just four one-hundredths of one percent of the population.

Adelson's GOP Black Hole Keeps Expanding

ProPublica | Theodoric Meyer | Posted 12.20.2012 | Politics

How Much Did Sheldon Adelson Really Spend on Campaign 2012? by Theodoric Meyer ProPublica, Dec. 20, 2012, 11:48 a.m. Sheldon Adelson, the billion...

INFOGRAPHIC: What Can All The Money Spent On The 2012 Elections Buy?

The Huffington Post | Ethan Klapper | Posted 10.22.2012 | Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that $5,800,000,000 will be spent on this year's elections. That's equivalent to the salaries of 137,727 ...

The Super-Rich People Bankrolling The Presidential Election

Reuters | Posted 12.20.2012 | Business

Oct 26 (Reuters) - Individual donors to U.S. presidential candidates can contribute up to $2,500 for the state-by-state party nominating contests an...

Want to Make a Difference in November? Go Knock on Doors

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen | Posted 12.05.2012 | Politics
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

Why do campaigns want your time? They didn't always. The current emphasis on volunteer involvement stands in stark contrast to the situation in the 1990s, where some campaigns allegedly turned away would-be volunteers, because they do not know what to do with them.

Coal Baron Pressures Miners Into Bankrolling Romney: Report

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.04.2012 | Politics

Over at the New Republic, Alec MacGillis reports on the extent to which Ohio coal baron Bob Murray pressures his mining employees to underwrite the ca...

The Super-Rich Behind America's Super PACs

Reuters | Posted 11.20.2012 | Business

Sept 20 (Reuters) - Individual donors to U.S. presidential candidates can contribute up to $2,500 for the state-by-state party nominating contests a...

Lawrence Lessig Talks Political Donations On HuffPost Live

HuffPost Live | Posted 09.06.2012 | Politics

Not all political donations can be traced. Lawrence Lessig joined Alicia Menendez on HuffPost Live as part of HuffPost's Shadow Conventions 2012 cover...

Tax-Exempt Charities Get Bad Rap When 'Social Welfare' Groups Donate To Campaigns

Mark Rosenman | Posted 11.06.2012 | Impact
Mark Rosenman

To help protect themselves, while also encouraging a more democratic society, charities of all missions and purposes need to work together to moderate the influence of money in politics.

What A Political Donation Can Buy You

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 09.06.2012 | Home

Got $100,000 to spare? It could buy you a sleepover at the White House. As the presidential election heats up, so too does the competition for pol...

Wall St. Is Spending More Than Ever On 2012 Election

Posted 09.06.2012 | Business

Wall Street is paying big time to influence this election. The financial industry is on track to break its 2008 campaign spending record of $170 m...

Billionaire Dispatches from the Convention, Day 1

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 10.27.2012 | Politics
Clifford J. Tasner

Felonius Ax of the Billionaires here, reporting from Tampa: So they're postponing the opening of the Republican Convention due to extreme weather. All of us big bundlers are hunkering down at the Weston Tampa Harbor Island Hotel.

INFOGRAPHIC: Obama And Romney's Campaign Donations Visualized

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.26.2012 | Business

It's an uncomfortable truth, but one you've got to face: In presidential elections, the candidate with the most cash usually wins. Now thanks to ec...

Jason Cherkis

Paul Ryan Had Ties To Tom DeLay And Jack Abramoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 08.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- As Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has served more than a decade in Congress, President Barack Obama and his allies will surely be scouring his ...

Sam Stein

Obama Makes First Donation To His Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In a fundraising email released on Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced that he has made his first donation to his own campaign. Th...

Candidate Fundraising: Is This All Messed Up, or Am I Wrong?

Greta Van Susteren | Posted 08.13.2012 | Politics
Greta Van Susteren

With all that is going on in the world, would it not be great if the candidates stopped the 'speed dating' fundraising and really talked to America and listened to America -- not with and to just the ones with their wallets open?

Karl Rove's Grand Slam

Brent Budowsky | Posted 08.01.2012 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

The president and Democrats seem befuddled by how to react to the Citizens United decision, while Karl Rove understands with crystal clarity.

The 28th Amendment To The U.S. Constitution: The Omnibus Anti-Corruption Amendment

Phil Wolfson, MD | Posted 07.14.2012 | Home
Phil Wolfson, MD

The Republic based on the people's interests having sway through an unpolluted representative democracy is gone. Money and government are nearly one. The interests of the earth and our people -- the 99% -- are virtually unrepresented.

Age-Old Rivalries Take Sides As Obama-Romney Contest Ramps Up

Bloomberg | Posted 05.03.2012 | Politics

It’s New York versus Boston, players against owners and older athletes facing younger ones, all taking sides in the presidential contest between Mit...

UN Implicates Obama Donor in Congo Gold Smuggling Scheme

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.13.2012 | World
Georgianne Nienaber

The United Nations' accusations against Kase Lawal and CAMAC deserve a complete investigation. Congressional hearings might be a good place to begin.

Dave Jamieson

Big GOP Donors Get Carveout Stiffing Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.20.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are trying to pass a transportation bill that would strip certain workers of their minimum-wage and overtime protectio...

Shuttle Company Charged With Making Illegal Contributions To Mayor Lee's Campaign

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.14.2012 | San Francisco

San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon announced on Tuesday his intention to file charges against airport shuttle service GO Lorrie for alleged...

Obama To Alleged Ponzi Schemer: You're Not Getting This Money Back

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2012 | Business

(Adds dropped letter in paragraph 10) * Stanford receiver seeks return of campaign donations * Obama campaign donated St...