Federal Election Commission

IRS' last two commissioners deny lying; official to take the 5th

2013-05-21 19:13:00

WASHINGTON — As the Internal Revenue Service's last two directors struggled to provide answers Tuesday about the agency's improper scrutiny of conservative groups, a lawyer for another key IRS official said she would invoke the 5th Amendment...

IRS problem started with vague tax exemption rules

2013-05-16 16:44:00

WASHINGTON — In spring 2010, agents in the Cincinnati office of the Internal Revenue Service, which handles applications for tax-exempt status, faced a surge of filings by new advocacy groups, with little guidance on how to treat them. Their...

SEC and political spending

2013-05-07 00:00:00

When the Supreme Court — in our view wrongly — ruled that corporations had a constitutional right to spend their money to influence elections, it also said that disclosure of such expenditures "permits citizens and shareholders to react to the...

Federal Election Commission rules against married same-sex donors

2013-04-25 15:23:00

WASHINGTON — Married same-sex couples cannot make joint contributions to federal candidates as opposite-sex couples are permitted to do, the Federal Election Commission said Thursday, a decision that gay rights advocates said reinforced their case...

Major corporations backed inaugural festivities

2013-04-22 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama's second inaugural committee raised a little more than $43 million to put on the official festivities surrounding his January swearing-in, backed by major donations from some of the country's biggest corporations,...

Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples

2013-04-08 18:17:00

WASHINGTON — While they await a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are taking their fight to a new arena: campaign finance law. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who supports gay marriage has...

Toyota North America, seeking more political clout, forms new PAC

2013-03-11 09:33:00

Toyota's North American subsidiary has formed a new political action committee, according to a recent Federal Election Commission filing. The Federal Election Commission "statement of organization" form shows the new PAC listed as "Toyota North...

Conservative groups urge GOP to let budget cuts go forward

2013-02-28 11:46:00

WASHINGTON — With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday’s arrival of the sequester, conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year’s...

Inaugural fundraisers race to meet $50-million goal

2013-01-14 14:05:00

WASHINGTON — With less than a week to go before President Obama is sworn in for his second term, fundraisers for the presidential inaugural committee were still working Monday to secure their goal of $50 million in private donations to finance the...

Supreme Court to consider eliminating political contribution limit

2013-02-19 08:16:00

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has agreed to go beyond its controversial Citizens United decision and consider striking down the limit on the total amount that wealthy persons may give to candidates and political parties. The justices voted to hear...

In campaign's final weeks, Romney raised nearly $86 million

2012-12-06 16:45:00

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney raised more than $85.9 million in the last two weeks of the presidential race, his campaign announced Thursday, detailing the GOP hopeful’s final money push in his ultimately unsuccessful bid against President Obama.�...

Crossroads GPS weighs in on 'fiscal cliff'

2012-12-05 11:36:00

One of the biggest outside spenders in the 2012 election has turned its focus to the "fiscal cliff" debate. Crossroads GPS, the conservative nonprofit founded in part by GOP strategist Karl Rove, released a new ad Wednesday slamming President Obama's...

George Tirado, of Waterbury, a co-owner of Smoke House Tobacco and a detective in the Waterbury Police Department leaves New Haven Federal Court in New Haven Thursday after being arraigned in the fund raising scandal involving the Chris Donovan campaign.

2013-05-13 11:08:42

Toyota's North American subsidiary has formed a new political action committee, according to a recent Federal Election Commission filing.

2013-03-11 09:05:14

The Oscar-winning actor donated $1 million to the pro-Obama Super PAC, Priorities USA Action, according to FEC filings. In a statement, he said, "President Obama has done a remarkable job in historically difficult circumstances. ...

2012-09-07 11:00:04