Tag Archive | fec
Obama Responds to FEC Petition
I continue to be flabbergasted at the rationale behind funding federal enforcement agencies that do not enforce the laws. Any excuse for not enforcing existing laws is unacceptable. The hypocrisy of having laws and not enforcing them is more dangerous to a society than no rules at all. The existing campaign finance regulations are woefully […]
JPMorgan Chase Political Donations for April 2012
Yesterday the political action committee for JPMorgan Chase filed the required report with the Federal Election Commission listing its campaign contributions to members of Congress during April. The PAC handed out $21,500 in April to 12 members of the U.S. House and Senate, according to the FEC report. The table above lists the recipients of […]
America Fails on Global Scale re: Political Finance Anti-Corruption
Countries around the world are struggling with the same dilemma of effectively regulating the flow of money into politics, a new report finds. Since Global Integrity started this tracking in 2004, political financing has remained the weakest-rated component of countries’ anti-corruption framework. Out of the 31 countries in the study, 29 failed (scored less than […]
Enforcement of Campaign Laws Is Weak
The agency that’s supposed to oversee and enforce the campaign finance laws is the Federal Election Commission. The commission consists of six members – three Democrats and three Republicans, nominated by their respective parties. Because that’s an even number, no ruling can have effect unless it gets at least a 4-2 vote. […]
