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Obama denounces reported IRS targeting of conservative groups

May 13, 2013
Washington Post

By Juliet Eilperin and William Branigin

President Obama on Monday described the reported targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service as “outrageous” and intolerable, and he called for those responsible to be held “fully accountable.”

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Obama, lawmakers denounce IRS for targeting conservative groups

May 13, 2013
Chicago Tribune

Obama called the IRS targeting of conservative groups "outrageous" in a press conference Monday.

By Christi Parsons and Lisa Mascaro

WASHINGTON – President Obama on Monday condemned the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to punish anyone who may have taken part in it, as senators called for top IRS officials to resign and congressional committees prepared to investigate.

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School choice group accused of not disclosing $2 million in campaign spending

May 5, 2013
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By Daniel Bice of the Journal Sentinel

The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign filed a complaint Tuesday against a national school choice group for failing to disclose $2 million in campaign-related spending to state regulators in the 2012 elections.

The complaint is based on a report by the American Federation for Children detailing its impact on various elections around the country. In that report, the federation said it spent $2.4 million in Wisconsin and helped elected nine Republicans to office here. The group had previously disclosed only $345,000 in spending.

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Rich liberal donors throw weight behind Obama agenda

May 4, 2013
LA Times

A network of wealthy liberal political donors is steering funds to Organizing for Action and other groups to push Obama's agenda in Congress. Immigration reform is a high priority.

WASHINGTON — An influential network of some of the country's wealthiest liberal political donors is steering resources to an advocacy group backing President Obama's agenda and to organizations working to pass immigration reform, providing a surge of money that could boost the president's legislative goals.

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States try to tackle 'secret money' in politics

May 2, 2013
LA Times

With campaign donations up and a lack of federal action, a joint effort aims to lift the shadows on tax-exempt political advocacy groups and trade associations.

By Matea Gold, Chris Megerian and Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times

WASHINGTON — Early last month, state lawyers and election officials around the country dialed into a conference call to talk about how to deal with the flood of secret money that played an unprecedented role in the 2012 election.

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$1.6 million reasons to be concerned about SuperPACs in Illinois elections

 Yesterday, January 10, was the first hearing of the Campaign Finance Reform Task Force to discuss independent expenditures and so-called SuperPACs. The Task Force, created by statute to monitor election laws, is to report to the General Assembly and the Governor by the end of the month about how adequate current rules are for ensuring that SuperPACs do not corrupt the process. ICPR Deputy Director David Morrison testified at yesterday's hearing, alongside UIS Prof. Emeritus Kent Redfield. Here's a summary of what we said:

 



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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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