Political committees owe Illinois $800K in fines

By   /  March 13, 2012  /  Elections, News, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

SPRINGFIELD — A loss in next week’s primary election doesn’t mean the work’s over for a campaign.

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Kansas Senate amendment to ban leadership PACs voted not “germane”

By   /  March 5, 2012  /  Elections, News, Politics & Elections  /  No Comments

TOPEKA — In February state senator Mary Pilcher-Cook (R, Shawnee) offered an amendment to Senate Bill 102 to ban existing leadership PAC s in Kansas.

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Kansas House Republicans cannot have a “leadership” PAC?

By   /  January 19, 2012  /  News  /  No Comments

By Earl Glynn | Kansas Watchdog

TOPEKA — House Democrats have one.
Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans both have one.
But Kansas House Republicans cannot have a “Leadership” PAC?

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Former Sen. Russ Feingold starts progressive PAC

By   /  February 16, 2011  /  News, Open Records, State Budgets  /  1 Comment

By Kirsten Adshead  Wisconsin Reporter
Former Sen. Russ Feingold has resurfaced in the political world.
Feingold, who lost his bid for re-election to Republican challenger Ron Johnson in November, announced on Tuesday that he’s formed a new political action committee, Progressives United, intended to “empower Americans to fight back against corporate influence and corruption in Washington, D.C., [...]

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Boehner’s Got a Golf Habit to Support

By   /  November 25, 2009  /  WatchBlog  /  1 Comment

Politico takes a look at what politicians do in their free time–using campaign dollars:
He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
The golf events this year sponsored by Boehner’s Freedom Project political action committee have stretched [...]

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