Tag: Campaign Finance

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage for a campaign event in Dallas, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s lead shows need for looser campaign finance rules

Jason Russell · September 23, 2015 3:49 pm

Clinton is slated to attend the event at Bernhard's home on Monday afternoon. The fundraiser will reportedly cost each invitee $2,700 to attend. (AP file)

Clinton fundraises with State Dept. contractor

Sarah Bedford · September 21, 2015 3:58 pm

Senate Democrats are on offense in multiple Republican-held seats that tend to go Democratic in presidential elections, in places like Pennsylvania. (AP file)

Senate Democrats outraise GOP in August

David M. Drucker · September 21, 2015 2:27 pm

Changes to campaign finance laws have allowed a new breed of political action committees to develop, and several of these hybrid PACs have already been created to help win Hillary Clinton the White House in 2016. (AP Photo)

Meet the new breed of PACs helping Hillary Clinton

Nicole Duran · September 21, 2015 10:00 am

"Women tend not to be in the higher echelons of the economy. There are very few women CEOs in the United States, and women have much less access to wealthy donors." (AP File Photo)

FEC Chair: Feds must help Americans make ‘thoughtful’ contributions

Rudy Takala · September 20, 2015 11:10 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, hugs Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. The Democrats have limited the number of their debates to just six, compared to the Republicans' eleven. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

DNC ups fundraising arm to appear less Clinton-biased

Ariel Cohen · September 16, 2015 2:27 pm

In this Sept. 4, 2015, photo, Democrat Russ Feingold speaks with University of Wisconsin students during a campaign stop in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin Senate race is all about the money

Nicole Duran · September 16, 2015 4:01 am

Twitter has made it easier than ever to support a user's chosen candidate from their phone. (AP file)

Twitter lets people tweet money to political campaigns

Kelly Cohen · September 15, 2015 4:34 pm

Planned Parenthood has contributed $679,596 directly to federal candidates, $676,885 of that to Democrats, in 2014. (AP file)

Planned Parenthood spent $5 million for Dems, $13k for GOP

Barbara Boland · September 13, 2015 7:23 pm

Trump demands CNN donate debate profits to veteran charities

Eddie Scarry · September 9, 2015 4:05 pm

Liberal columnist Paul Krugman has become an unlikely defender of Donald Trump.Â (Craig Ruttle/Bloomberg)

Paul Krugman defends Trump-onomics

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 7, 2015 8:12 pm

What’s the Deal with Trump?

Christopher Caldwell · September 7, 2015 4:00 am