Sentences with phrase «dark money groups»

Dark Money Groups spend millions influencing our elections without reporting where the money came from.

During the last three election cycles, 30 % or more of the outside spending on federal elections came from dark money groups.

The long running criminal investigation into whether or not Scott Walker and deep - pocketed dark money groups illegally coordinated the expenditure of some $ 30 million to win the 2012 recall elections should be old news by now.

The long running criminal investigation into whether or not Scott Walker and deep - pocketed dark money groups illegally coordinated the expenditure of some $ 30 million to win the 2012 recall elections should be old news by now.

We could also pass the Disclose Act, which would help end secret spending by dark money groups (which can end up being conduits to foreign spending) and ban spending by corporations that are foreign - owned or - controlled.

It and other dark money groups can serve as conduits for anonymous donations from corporations and other wealthy special interests to flood elections, making it particularly dangerous to democracy.

And do not act holy — TEAPubs invented dark money groups?

If the Koch's dark money groups keep voters from having their say in November, or if they pour millions, as promised, into a pro-voucher campaign and win, every other state with limited voucher programs can be sure they're next for a massive expansion battle,» said Penich - Thacker.

The biggest issue is that these agencies — the IRS and the Federal Election Commission and the like — aren't very effective when it comes to overseeing dark money groups.

Now, although dark money groups aren't allowed to dedicate most of their proceeds to influencing elections, that just means they are only allowed to devote less than half, or 49 %.

Chesser is a «senior fellow» for the Commonwealth Foundation, a member of the State Policy Network in Pennsylvania that has received funding from the Kochs and dark money groups affiliated with the Koch political network.

Moreover, it remains an open question whether Exxon is continuing to funnel money to AFP via DonorsTrust and the Donors Capital Fund, dark money groups largely backed by the Koch brothers.

A state bill that would ban cities and counties from requiring dark money groups to disclose their donors is moving rapidly through the Arizona state legislature.

Last week in Washington DC, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's political dark money group met with corporate funders at the DC headquarters of the American Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA).

At the heart of the matter is that two Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court justices benefited from spending by the same dark money groups that prosecutors believe illegally coordinated with Walker.

In state after state, citizen groups have faced big money opposition and won, most recently in Colorado where a complex web of dark money groups and a passel of institutions funded by the Bradley Foundation attempted to capture school boards to advance vouchers at the local level and failed spectacularly.

For a relatively low amount of money, a dark money group could place a host of Internet attack ads — and no one would ever know who's behind them.

Wynn has given millions to Republicans and their dark money groups, although he claimed he voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 and had given to Democratic candidates and groups in the past.

This statement was a response to a case before the FEC in which a dark money group had released two political attack ads on YouTube.

* Update, June 22, 2016: This piece was updated to include the context of Ravel's statement, which came as response to a case before the FEC in which a dark money group had released two political attack ads on YouTube.

Attorney General Responds to Dark Money Group's Attempt to Quash Subpoena Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed documents in response to a dark money political consultant's request to quash a subpoena by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

But candidates nowadays can easily blow by those limits by raising money in completely legal, ordinary ways — even after excluding «outside» money, like the financial support of super PACs and so - called dark money groups, known as 501 (c)(4) s.

During the 2012 elections, dark money groups — organizations that spend money on elections but do not have to disclose the sources of their contributions — focused their spending on races that gave them the best opportunity to change the outcome in favor of their preferred candidate.

Records show it has ties to a dark money group that spent another $ 1 million attacking Democrats in 2012.

Cuomo says as part of campaign finance reform bill that he intends to introduce soon he'll require that the not for profits, known to critics as «dark money groups,» disclose campaign contributions to politicians.

AMY GOODMAN: The DeVoses have bankrolled their school deregulation and privatization efforts through a dark money group called American Federation for Children, a major contributor to the right - wing corporate education movement.

Then there is AFT president Randi Weingarten, who as a member of George Soros» left - wing Democracy Alliance (whose president is NEA executive director John Stocks), was criticized for her participation in the dark money group.

The dark money group also includes old leftwing billionaire George Soros and new leftwing billionaire Tom Steyer.

Dark money groups are rushing to the aid of little - known incumbent Senator Ron Johnson (R - WI) in his matchup against Russ Feingold.

For example, the Koch family foundations and Koch Industries sent $ 733,333 to TPPF, and $ 2,581,258 has been donated from the dark money groups DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund.

EPI, run by Gabe Elsner, is considered a dark money group with no legal existence.

Dark money groups can say what they want: they're «independent» of the candidates» campaigns, so they're not restrained by any «I'm running for office and I approved this ad» responsibility.