Oversight of Political Action Committees Political action committees that spend money on federal campaigns are regulated by the Federal Election Commission. Committees that function at the state level are regulated the states. And PACs the operate at the local level are overseen by county election off...
This has allowed Trump to call whatever contradicts his pronouncements “fake news,” to justify virtually any action as appropriate against his enemies, to deny today what he said yesterday or to switch the goalposts at will, and to cast a cloud of doubt over challenges to his deeds and ...
391 into congressional races and political committees in 1989 and 1990, according to a Times computer-assisted study of records filed with the Federal Election Commission. That number is a significant increase over the previous two-year cycle. The funds went largely to lawmakers who were in positi...
Strobel grew up inLincoln, Nebraska. SheattendedtheUniversity of Nebraska, where she met Bruce Fischer. They married in 1972, and Deb left school before graduating. They ran a cattle ranch near Valentine, and the couple later had three children. She eventually resumed her studies at the Univers...
to invest in its own staff capacity clearly won’t be easy. But neither is it inconceivable. Even small-government conservatives are feeling pressure to do something about the influence of corporate lobbying. Improving congressional capacity is a reform action they can take that would increase their...
a political force whose appointment power over committees and their chairmen increased his control of legislative agendas. As speaker and one of the leaders of thefactioncalled theWar Hawks, Clay was key in securing a declaration of war against Great Britain in June 1812. He also served on ...
political spending but without requiring the recipient organization to disclose the name of the donor who contributed the funds. Basically, this applies to 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations, but not to political nonprofits like the traditional Political Action Committees (PACs) organized by political ...
As he grew up, Cancel Miranda found out more and more about the truth behind the Ponce massacre and other brutal realities of U.S. colonial rule in Puerto Rico. "As the years went by I began to seek out the root of the problem, and the ideas advocated by my father and my Nationalis...
When the second recall attempt against Gasconkicked off in Januaryfollowing the failed 2021 attempt, the number of signatures quickly grew. By June, so many had been collected that thesafety goal was being reachedandcriminals in the County were so worried of it succeeding that many began asking...
2. Evolution of SOE reform and Party leadership in SOEs 3. The Party’s role in Chinese SOEs: A theoretical underpinning 4. Overview of political governance in Chinese SOEs 5. State ownership and reforms 6. Party cadre management in Chinese SOEs 7. Party committees’ participation in SOE deci...