It also examines proposed reforms in the system of campaign finance and points out that those reforms are not neutral tools of "good government", but that instead they have massive political implications for the interests vying to influence the direction of tort law in the state....
including his son-in-law Jared Kushner's father, Charles Kushner, who had been convicted of witness tampering, tax evasion and illegal campaign contributions in 2005. Ahead of his second term, Trump has nominated Charles Kushner to be the ambassador to France. ...
De La Cruz’s emphasis on the border wall, however, might not be entirely about courting voters; her message has helped secure campaign cash from Republicans around the country. According to FEC filings, about 30 percent of De La Cruz’s campaign contributions have come from outside Texas, ...
AUSTIN (AP) -Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday night lamented continuing inequalities between black and white Americans during a 50th anniversary celebration of the Civil Rights Act in Texas that will feature four of the five living U.S. presidents this week.Carter said "too many people ...
Texas’ energy interests are the biggest backers of his political rise, and he has not ruled out a White House run in 2024. More than $26 million of his contributions have come from the oil and gas industry, more than any other economic sector, according to an analysis by the National ...
Political Campaign Contributions of Surgeons in the United States Throughout the 2020 Election Cycle Benjamin.ShermanDrexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Rhea.GopaliNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh.Palvasha.DemeDepartment of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, ...
In the latest 30-day period, O’Rourke had 237,554 contributions (average: $44), compared with 29,202 for Abbott, whose average contribution was $302, according to O’Rourke spokesman Chris Evans. Big donors After a run of $1 million contributions, neither O’...
federal campaigns and elections was passed in 1971 with the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) and officially signed into law by President Richard Nixon on Jan. 19. FECA created limitations and restrictions on contributions to federal candidates and political parties, and completely prohibited ...
battle describes Krueger as “extremely bitter” about the causes for his narrow setback: Republican absenteeism, bad advice from cohorts at the crucial moment, and a Washington Post article detailing his massive (and evidently solicited) campaign contributions from oil and gas interests...
The amendment failed despite more than $100 million in cash contributions. Most of that cash came from the state’s largest medical pot company, Trulieve, which became a lightning rod for attack ads launched by DeSantis and the Republican Party of Florida. The failed...