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How the FEC can stop the tidal wave of secret political cash

November 16, 2012
the Washington Post

By Trevor Potter, Published: November 16

Trevor Potter was a Republican FEC commissioner from 1991 to 1995, serving as chairman in 1994. A Washington-based lawyer, he has represented Stephen Colbert and appeared on “The Colbert Report” to discuss election law and Colbert’s super PAC.

Don’t blame Citizens United for the worst excesses of this year’s election.

Instead, look to the failures of the Federal Election Commission.

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Campaign money case could propel more deregulation

June 27, 2012
CBS News
WASHINGTON —
 
 
 If you thought the money race in the presidential campaign was already the Wild West, yo

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Partisan Divide May Keep FEC From Heeding Judge's Order On Ad Loophole

April 2, 2012
NPR

by Peter Overby

A federal judge in a ruling late Friday told the Federal Election Commission to close a loophole that allows anonymous funding of political ads but it's not clear what the FEC will do.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the FEC ignored a provision in the McCain-Feingold law that requires advocacy groups to disclose donors of the money used for campaign-season ads.

 
The FEC interpreted that to mean that no disclosure was necessary unless the donor earmarked the money for specific ads.

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A Wyoming Millionaire Places His Faith In Santorum

March 31, 2012
NPR

by Peter Overby

Weekend Edition Saturday

After a series of primary wins, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum showed strong fundraising numbers last month.

But earlier in the contest, the loudest voice promoting the former Pennsylvania senator wasn't the candidate himself. It was Foster Friess, a multimillionaire who was the main funder of a pro-Santorum superPAC.

And when Santorum spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., in early February, it was Friess who introduced him.

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Federal Election Commissioner Donald McGahn Criticizes 'Overreach' of Campaign Finance Regulations

March 21, 2011
Open Secrets

By Michael Beckel

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- It isn't too often that a top Federal Election Commission official fesses up to not enforcing campaign finance laws, but that's exactly what Donald McGahn, a Republican commissioner of the FEC, did Saturday.

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