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Sunburn — The morning read of what s hot in Florida politics — 3 17 21
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March 15-21 is
, a national initiative celebrating open government and access to public records. Undisclosed spending by political actors undermines transparency and voters’ ability to make informed decisions.
The 2020 election saw more than $1 billion in “dark money” spending at the federal level, a massive sum driven by an explosion of secret donations boosting Democrats in a historically expensive cycle.
That’s according to an estimate from OpenSecrets. The billion-dollar sum includes a whopping $660 million in donations from opaque political nonprofits and shell companies to outside groups. In 2020, dark money groups preferred to bankroll closely-tied super PACs rather than spend the money themselves politically active nonprofits that do not disclose their donors reported roughly $88 million in direct election spending to the Federal Election Commission. The remainder of the total is made up of spending on “issue ads” targeting candidates online and on the a
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In the showdown over the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, Rep. Jared Golden stood alone from the rest of his party.
The two-term lawmaker who represents Maine s 2nd Congressional District was the only House Democrat last week to vote against the massive spending bill, as it passed its last legislative hurdle along party lines before being signed into law by President Biden.
Golden was an early opponent to the move by his party s congressional leadership to advance the bill through budget reconciliation, which allowed the legislation to pass with Democratic votes only and avoided the 60-vote filibuster threshold in the Senate. And Golden was one of only two Democrats – along with Rep. Kurt Schrader of Oregon – who voted against the relief package in late February when it cleared its first House hurdle.
For Voting Rights Advocates, a âOnce in a Generation Momentâ Looms
Opposition to restrictive Republican voting laws â and support for a sweeping Democratic bill â fuels a movement like none in decades. But can it succeed?
Protesters demonstrating against proposed changes to Georgiaâs voting laws, this month in Atlanta.Credit.Ben Gray/Associated Press
Published March 15, 2021Updated April 1, 2021
WASHINGTON â State and national voting-rights advocates are waging the most consequential political struggle over access to the ballot since the civil rights era, a fight increasingly focused on a far-reaching federal overhaul of election rules in a last-ditch bid to offset a wave of voting restrictions sweeping Republican-controlled state legislatures.
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