We've had a virtually lawless campaign finance system in Missouri for more than four years. Here's what it looks like.

Richard Woodbury, an Independent Maine state senator, introduced a measure Tuesday asking his state's delegation to support a constitutional amendment...

BOSTON -- Operating with few rules and limited oversight, outside groups spent a record $1 billion to influence last year's election. Politicians of ...

Former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke with Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert on Tuesday and appeared to suggest that he, like the comedian, was ...

The regime of campaign finance limits has been a failure. The only part of the effort that remains -- contribution limits -- is now responsible for increasing, rather than limiting, the power of money in elections.

Before you write your big check to Idaho, Mr. Banker, please understand that you may be part of a ploy to stealthily violate donation limits and move funds secretly in the dark of night to the more contested states.

WASHINGTON -- A judge has turned aside a request to temporarily lift a long-standing ban on contributions by federal contractors to political campaign...

We won't solve our economic problems with more influence from people who are able to hire lobbyists or write checks to candidates or super PACs. We'll solve them with more influence from more everyday Americans.

Hours after President Barack Obama's campaign decided to soften its stance toward super PACs, House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) slammed the ...

We have about two days to save a groundbreaking bill that will make corporations and big-spending one percenters who buy political ads reveal their identities in their commercials so you'll know who's trying to manipulate your vote.

In the past two years, Citizens United has allowed corporations to flood the airwaves and the corridors of power with anti-women legislation restricting women's health, worker's rights, and voting rights. We must fight back.

By limiting incumbents to raising money in their own districts and limiting challengers to specific matching amounts maybe we would finally get to where people in a particular district actually make their own decisions on who will represent them.

WASHINGTON -- A New Jersey congressman said Tuesday that he will refund and then donate to a charity all the expenses associated with his trip to a do...

WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service should crack down on organizations that are soliciting anonymous tax-free donations for blatantly political...

One of the most striking examples of money in politics this year was the extent to which some lawmakers blatantly stated their fealty to big corporate interests, from apologizing to BP to offering to "serve the banks."

House Democrats are forming a Citizens United task force to decide on the best set of legislative push back against the Supreme Court decision that up...

In response to news that the Supreme Court will hold a special public session on Thursday, which some expect could bring a highly-anticipated campaign...

Even before a landmark Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance law expected within days, a series of other court decisions is reshaping the political...