“Federal Election Commission” on The Daily Caller

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court decided the landmark case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. It restored the First Amendment protection of political speech. It also inspired the scorn of incumbent Democrat politicians. (more)

Critics of the Republicans who rode the so-called Tea Party wave into office often argue that the new congressmen don’t offer specifics on one of their key goals — reducing the size of government. But those who have made concrete recommendations are demonized for wanting to cut or privatize entitlement spending. (more)

Former Republican governors Sarah Palin of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts took different paths in how they supported candidates in the closing days of the 2010 campaign, as they both collect chits for possible presidential runs, according to a National Journal Daily analysis of Federal Election Commission reports. (more)

The Federal Election Commission is investigating a complaint that Rep. Charles Rangel improperly used his National Leadership PAC to fund his legal defense on ethics charges for which he was censured Thursday, The Post has learned. (more)

If the Emergency Committee for Israel’s aggressive political tactics are unsettling to some Democrats, maybe it’s because “they know they’ve been caught doing something the American people don’t want them to do,” said Noah Pollak, ECI’s executive director. (more)

The committee tasked with electing Republicans to the Senate raised $6.2 million in the first two weeks of October, about half a million dollars more than its Democratic counterpart. (more)

(CNN) – Embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nevada) campaign raised just under $2 million in the 3rd fundraising quarter and has $4 million on hand according to a Federal Election Commission report filed Friday. (more)

Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell has raised nearly $4 million since winning the Republican primary last month, The Daily Caller has learned. That’s an average of about $1 million a week. (more)

Some of the Republican Party’s biggest donors – businessmen like Texas homebuilder Bob Perry and Manhattan hedge fund tycoon Paul Singer – have a message for President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats: They’re back. (more)

As Senate Democrats come back from another long hot summer, one would think that their focus would be our struggling economy and job creation.  But even though the unemployment rate is stuck at 9.6 percent, Senate Democrats’ main focus is not jobs; it’s President Obama and Senator Schumer’s crusade against the First Amendment.  Senator Schumer and other anti-First Amendment Democrats have floated the idea of resurrecting the DISCLOSE Act during this work period.  Senator Schumer failed back in July when he brought this ill-conceived legislation to the Senate floor, and now he is going to try again while Americans are still looking for work. (more)

The Tea Party Express fired back Friday after the Delaware Republican Party filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against the group, alleging illegal coordination with the Senate campaign of Christine O’Donnell. (more)

1.) Paper pushers will rule like kings if Republicans take Congress — Ever wondered what exactly would change if Republicans took back Congress in November? Of course you have! Perhaps you thought that the aggressive wringing of our national sponge would become less aggressive, or that the burning money pit (around which Congressional Dems have danced like satyrs honoring Dionysus, the patron saint of excess and entitlement programs) would starve for want of legal tender and eventually self-extinguish. This could happen, maybe. But it’s not likely that big government types will simply sober up and simmer down. According to The Daily Caller’s Jon Ward, “A Republican takeover of the House will make Capitol Hill a much less relevant place for President Obama, and is likely to turn the administration’s focus toward working through federal agencies and regulation—which it can do unilaterally—rather than trying to pass new legislation.” Ward points out that Obama and his team have their work cut out for them establishing the rules for health-care bill and financial regulatory “reform,” and that perhaps they have had their legislative fill. On the other hand, it’s not like federal agencies are all gums and no fangs. EPA? DEA? FCC? IRS? They don’t play. (more)

WASHINGTON — Tony Podesta is one of the best-connected rainmakers in the nation’s capital, with a web of personal contacts stretching back 42 years and six Democratic presidential candidates. His brother John was Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff and an adviser on President Barack Obama’s transition team. (more)

WASHINGTON — A growing number of special-interest groups are bypassing strict limits on donations to congressional candidates by combining contributions, giving them greater clout in November’s midterm elections. (more)

The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan last week, making her President Barack Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee to reach the bench. (more)

The financial scandal that dogged Rep. John Murtha until his death in February has reached a climatic point following the arrest Thursday of a former aide to the Pennsylvania Democrat. But as the case sparks comparisons to the infamous Jack Abramoff scandal, the story has yet to generate as much attention. (more)

The vicious infighting at the Republican National Committee escalated over the weekend, with an ally of RNC Chairman Michael S. Steele warning the party’s treasurer of legal consequences if he did not stop making a fuss over erroneous financial disclosures to the Federal Election Commission. (more)

On April 15, a bill backed by the National Beer Wholesalers Association was introduced in the House aimed at limiting direct sales of beer, wine and other alcohol, which the trade group views as a mortal threat to its industry. (more)

For months, lawyers and constitutional scholars have debated the effects of Citizens United vs. FEC. (more)

The Republican National Committee failed to report more than $7 million in debt to the Federal Election Commission in recent months – a move that made its bottom line appear healthier than it is heading into the midterm elections and that also raises the prospect of a hefty fine. (more)