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"It seems lower campaign donation limits need not hamper a politician’s ability to fundraise on a grand scale," writes The News' Editorial Board

A North Bay State Senator is proposing donation limits for candidates in school board and special district office elections. Senator Bill Dodd has introduced SB

Of "the national enquirer." and they went through campaign staff faster than i go through, i don't know, socks. what kind of exposure could ami have if they were not functioning as a media organization but rather as an apparatus of the campaign. >> or even if they were functioning as both, there's a real possibility here that prals for the company could find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy. if they were helping to avoid donation limits, if they were helping to engage in illegal activity, we don't really know until we hear the rest of the evidence. that's what's so frustrating here is we're...

Federal election commission because a conservative activist shaun mccutcheon sued the commission arguing those donation limits violated his right to free speech. now, under this new ruling, mr. mccutcheon and other high-dollar donors can donate to as many federal candidates and political committees as they want. the case did not, did not alter the donation limits on the total amount people can give to each candidate. now, instead of being limited to about $123,000 spread across candidates and groups, there is no limit under the new ruling on those total contributions in a campaign cycle. senat...

45%. that shift toward massive inequality was brought on -- was bought by spending on races. spending by outside groups has grown exponentially from 193 million in 2004 to 1 billion in 2012. we have a weak democracy, overly controlled by the wealthy elite. and mccutchen will lead to them having even more control. the reason why certain issues poll well but can't get passed us because of the overwhelming influence of the tiny elite. expect more and more of this in the future. it's clear republicans will benefit more from mccutchen than dems but dems will benefit as well. the real loser well be ...