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Nearly a decade ago, Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold warned that his party would “lose its soul” if it began taking unlimited corporate money with plans to wean itself off the addiction later –  especially if the funds helped Democrats gain control of the White House and Congress. Fast-forward to 2021 and that warning is facing its first big test. Anonymous “dark money” donors provided $145 million to pro-Biden groups during the 2020 election, helping pave his way to the White House and dwarfing the $28.4 million spent on behalf of Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported in late January. Wh...

Amazon, Facebook, other tech giants spent roughly $65 million to lobby Washington last year Tony Romm © Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Amazon, Facebook, Google and four other top technology giants spent more than $65 million to lobby the U.S. government last year, shelling out record-breaking amounts in some cases to try to battle back antitrust scrutiny and new regulatory threats. The sizable sums foreshadow the political blitz that Silicon Valley is likely to mount as President Biden and his new Democratic control in Congress start sending early signals about their pl...

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance law, has not been able to meet since July and is now facing a backlog of work. The Federal Election Commission has not been able to operate since July, when a Republican commissioner resigned, leaving the FEC short of the four commissioners necessary to meet and unable fulfill its job of enforcing campaign finance law. Following Senate action earlier in December, it now has a full compliment of six commissioners: three Democrats, two Republicans and one independent. Still, former FEC associate counsel Adav Noti is not optimisti...

Caroline Amenabar/NPR; 401(K) 2012/Flickr hide caption toggle caption Caroline Amenabar/NPR; 401(K) 2012/Flickr The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance law, has not been able to meet since July and is now facing a backlog of work. Caroline Amenabar/NPR; 401(K) 2012/Flickr The Federal Election Commission has not been able to operate since July, when a Republican commissioner resigned, leaving the FEC short of the four commissioners necessary to meet and unable fulfill its job of enforcing campaign finance law. Following Senate ...

Georgia Runoff Already Most Expensive Senate Race in History Still with a few weeks to go, the campaigning for Georgia’s congressional Senate runoffs has already exceeded $370 million. Overall, nine of the 10 most expensive Senate races occurred this year. Sara Swann, The Fulcrum   |   December 21, 2020   |  Analysis (TNS) — With every other vote now counted, and next year's balance of Washington power still in limbo, the wallets of the nation's politically active businesses, advocacy groups and people have opened wide over Georgia. N...