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Updated Thursday, July 3, 3:43 p.m.

Campaign finance news

The Daily Query

Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun reports raising $1.3 million so far this election cycle, including more than $300,000 of his own money. Broun won his seat in a stunning special election runoff upset against fellow Republican Jim Whitehead. He barely had time to settle into Congress before drawing a challenge in the July 15 primary from state Rep. Barry Fleming. Fleming reported raising nearly $800,000 at the end of March, but has yet to file his pre-primary report.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• The Legacy Committee Political Action Committee | National Campaign Fund (Supports John McCain)
• MoveOn.Org Political Action (Supports Barack Obama; Opposes John McCain)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama)
• Republican Majority Campaign | RightMarch.com Pac Inc. (Opposes Barack Obama)
      Pre-Primary
• Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Alamo PAC
• Rep. Geoff Davis, R-Ky., Ranger PAC
      Pre-Runoff
• AL-02 Smith for Congress
      48 Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• AL-02: Smith for Congress
• AL-05: Committee to Elect Chery Baswell Guthrie to Congress
• GA-08: Goddard for Congress
• GA-12: Friends of John Barrow
      July Quarterly
• FL-13: LaFevers for Congress
      Electioneering Communications
• Susan B. Anthony List Inc.

July 3, 2008 - 3:43 p.m.

CQ Today: High Court’s Campaign Finance Ruling Poses Threat to State Laws

Last week’s Supreme Court decision nullifying the “millionaire’s amendment’’ means renewed legal challenges to state and local programs that provide public funds to candidates running against privately financed foes. Full story

July 3, 2008 - 12:01 p.m.

CQ MoneyLine Top 10: Campaign Credit Card Charges

Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an Arizona PGA tournament: $5,500. Beverages from Georgetown Wine & Spirits for contributors to Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois: $1,186. Being able to charge expenses for your congressional campaign on a credit card: Priceless.
     These are just a few examples of charges that turned up recently on the credit cards of congressional candidates this cycle.
     The top 10 House candidates with the most campaign costs listed as “credit card” expenses:
• Rep. Eric Cantor , R-Va., $344,334
• Rep. Shelley Berkley , D-Nev., $340,615
• Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. , D-Ill., $313,477
• Rep. Joseph Crowley , D-N.Y., $310,604
• Rep. Robert E. Andrews , D-N.J., $313,477
• Rep. John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, $215,965
• Rep. Charles B. Rangel , D-N.Y., $178,991
• Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy , D-R.I., $175,780
• Candidate Terri Bonoff, D-Minn., $137,203
• Rep. Roy Blunt , R-Mo., $137,011

July 2, 2008 - 3:18 p.m.

The Daily Query

A new group is raising money to make sure the Democratic National Convention in Denver includes Hillary Rodham Clinton. The Denver Group wants Clinton’s name to stay on the ballot so that the delegates she’s won can still vote for her.
     The group registered with the FEC yesterday and is not connected to the former presidential candidate.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama, Opposes John McCain)
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• GA-08: Friends of Jim Marshall

July 2, 2008 - 2:19 p.m.

Court Denies SpeechNow Injunction

A federal court denied SpeechNow.org’s request for an injunction to ignore a January Federal Election Commission ruling that categorized the 527 group as a political action committee, which is not permitted to accept unlimited donations.
     SpeechNow.org is seeking to accept unlimited donations from individuals to run ads for and against candidates during the upcoming 2008 elections, but the case is still before the court.
• Court’s injuction ruling
• Previous Coverage: SpeechNow Asks Court to Overturn FEC Ruling

July 1, 2008 - 7:42 p.m.

The Daily Query

It’s shaping up to be a quiet week in Washington and on the campaign trail, so what better time for some campaigns and PACs to catch up with their FEC paperwork.
     The National Campaign Fund did just that yesterday. The conservative PAC filed 15 independent expenditure notices going back to early April that supported John McCain. The group spent almost $120,000. Current law requires groups to disclose such spending within 24 hours.
     Other notable filings with the FEC and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (Opposes Steve Pearce, NM-Senate)
• Life and Liberty PAC Inc. (Opposes Barack Obama)
• Naral Pro-Choice America (Opposes John McCain)
      July Monthly
• Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Senate Majority Fund

July 1, 2008 - 2:27 p.m.

Lobbyists Contribution Forms Go Live Online

Congressional records offices released the latest round of new lobbying disclosure forms yesterday, just one month before the July 30 filing deadline. Last year’s lobbying overhaul law (PL 110-81) requires individual lobbyists and lobbying registrants for the first time to disclose their contributions to the clerk of the House and secretary of the Senate. The new disclosure rules cover campaign contributions, presidential library contributions and fundraisers.
     Lobbyists and lobbying firms must file these forms online every six months.

July 1, 2008 - 11:45 a.m.

CQ Weekly: Some Groups Go Easy on Obama for Opting Out

Barack Obama’s decision to opt out of public financing for the general election drew the expected criticism from groups that favor public financing, but some others that have long lobbied for publicly funded elections have not censured the Illinois senator for his change of heart. Full story

July 1, 2008 - 10:10 a.m.

CQ Weekly: GOP Candidates Bank on Friends, Out-of-State Cash

To help embattled colleagues, Nevada’s John Ensign, the head of the Senate GOP campaign organization, invites them to fundraisers in his prosperous state. Full story
• Who’s Winning Big From Nevada Fundraising

June 30, 2008 - 1:14 p.m.

The Daily Query

Over the weekend the conservative anti-tax group Club for Growth disclosed spending over $10,000 on a recent direct mail campaign supporting Alaska’s Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell.
     Parnell is challenging 17-term Rep. Don Young in the Aug. 26 primary and can use the added financial help. Parnell began raising money in mid-March and trails Young in overall fundraising, but new quarterly filings are due in two weeks.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the over the weekend:
      Independent Expenditures
• Humane Society Legislative Fund (Supports Gary Peters, Opposes Joe Knollenberg, MI-09; Supports Dennis Kucinich OH-10)
• The Legacy Committee Political Action Committee (Supports John McCain)
• Moveon.Org | Naral Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama, Opposes John McCain)

June 30, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.

The Daily Query

The Supreme Court nullified the Millionaires’ Amendment provision of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act yesterday, but that didn’t stop Alabama House candidate Cheryl Baswell Guthrie from disclosing her latest transfer of personal funds to her campaign. Guthrie, who is in a July 15 run-off for the Republican nomination in Alabama 5, has given $543,000 of her own money to her campaign. Because of the Supreme Court ruling, however, candidates no longer have to file such 48-hour disclosures of self-financing — Guthrie’s is likely the last we will see.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• Human Rights Campaign (Supports Barack Obama)
• Legacy Committee Political Action Committee (Supports John McCain)

June 27, 2008 - 11:15 a.m.

The Daily Query

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel is stepping up his efforts to help Democrats expand their majority in the House. The New York Democrat has created a new joint fundraising committee, the Rangel Victory Fund to help ten aspiring Democratic candidates make their way to Congress. Four of them are running in his own state of New York. The other six are running Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey and Ohio.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• The Legacy Committee Political Action Committee (Supports John McCain)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Opposes John McCain)
      Millionaires’ Amendment Notice
• FL-08: Committee to Elect Alan Grayson

June 26, 2008 - 12:29 p.m.

CQ Today: Court Strikes Down Campaign Finance ‘Millionaire’s Amendment’

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, on Thursday overturned a key section of campaign finance law that sought to level the playing field for congressional candidates facing wealthy, self-funding opponents. The provision nullified by the high court allows congressional candidates to collect more than the normal contributions per donor when they face wealthy opponents who pour hundreds of thousands of their own dollars into a race. Full Story
• Court opinion

June 26, 2008 - 11:09 a.m.

Watchdogs Want More Detailed Disclosures of Bundling

A coalition of eight campaign finance watchdog groups has sent letters to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain asking them to disclose more detailed information about individuals gathering multiple contributions, or “bundling” donations in their behalf.
     “It would be far more meaningful for the public to know a single dollar figure that represents precisely and cumulatively how much money the campaign attributes to each individual who has bundled contributions of at least $50,000,” the letters stated.
     Campaign finance laws do not require candidates to disclose how much they raise from bundlers, though the new lobbying and ethics law passed in the fall mandates that campaigns report the names of any bundlers who are federally registered lobbyists. That provision has yet to be enforced, however, because the Federal Election Commission — until Tuesday — lacked enough sitting members to implement it.
• Letter to Sen. Obama
• Letter to Sen. McCain

June 25, 2008 - 3:55 p.m.

CQ Politics: Other Democrats Could Use Obama Money, Too

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama ’s move to help New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton pay off her presidential campaign debt is making headlines, but there are a handful of other former Democratic primary rivals who could use his assistance, as well. Full Story

June 25, 2008 - 3:57 p.m.

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