The US Chamber of Commerce is a powerful political action committee (PAC) that, unlike local chambers, is funded primarily by a few very large corporations. Lately the Chamber has been railing against the new healthcare reform law, often called “Obamacare”, with many…
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The healthcare debate: The US Chamber seems to be a Fox
Tagged with: attack ads, corporations, health care reform, healthcare reform, insurance, PAC, political ads, US Chamber
Posted in Outside Groups
Posted in Outside Groups
FInally, examples of non-Foxes
For the most part, congressional republicans have been voting against bills that would address global warming and climate change, increase environmental regulations, and protect endangered species. Republicans’ arguments that Democrats have increased regulations too far in ways that hurt business and…
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Tagged with: climate change, donors, environment, global warming, political party, regulations, republican party, republicans
Posted in Politicians
Posted in Politicians
The FEC: A Political Crisis and Due to Foxes
The Federal Election commission, or FEC, is charged with governing spending by outside independent groups during political campaigns. The job of the FEC got harder but also more important in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens…
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Tagged with: citizens united, fec, federal election commission, Super PACs, supreme court
Posted in Political Appointees
Posted in Political Appointees
Other Ways Super PACs Will Hide Their Donors
A few posts ago we discussed how Super PACs will use disclosure timing loopholes to wait until after important dates to disclose their donors. A reader might conclude that at least the Super PAC will have to disclose their donors at some…
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Tagged with: campaign, corruption, election, outside groups, pacs, political contributions, political spending, politics, Super PACs
Posted in Outside Groups
Posted in Outside Groups
Super PACs threaten to overrun the henhouse with foxes!
Super PACs can collect unlimited amounts of money from individuals, groups of individuals, and companies that they will spend during the election season attacking opposing candidates or supporting a candidate. Each quarter the public will see the names of the people, groups, and companies…
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Tagged with: business, corporate, election, outside groups, political contributions, political spending, republican party, republicans, Super PACs
Posted in Outside Groups
Posted in Outside Groups
Why is the global warming debate so close?
On one side 97% of climate scientists feel that global warming is happening and caused by human activity. 80% of non-climate scientists agree. The independent scientific agencies of 19 governments, whose funding is not tied to whether there is or isn’t…
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Tagged with: big oil, business, climate change, corporations, global warming, science
Posted in Outside Groups
Posted in Outside Groups
At least SuperPACs will have to dislose their donors, right?
When the Supreme Court decided in Citizen’s United to allow corporations and unions to donate unlimited money to political campaigns, there was one silver lining for those of us who were concerned about the corrupting effect of additional money in our political system: “Full…
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Which came first, the political donor or the political view?
The heading here could also read: “Is a donation a please or a thank you?” Ideally donors give to candidates who have positions on political issues that match their own. They want that candidate to win, based on his or…
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Tagged with: campaign, contributions, democatic, democratic party, donors, election, outside groups, political contributions, political spending, republican party, republicans
Posted in Donors
Posted in Donors
Electability issues in the campaign…Rick Perry must be stewing…
Today we present a bit of a twist on the “Foxes in the Henhouse” theme. During any political campaign, the political party out of power must keep two very important goals in mind: Choosing a candidate that matches what the…
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Tagged with: campaign, conservatives, democatic, democratic party, election, general election, political polls, politicians, polls, republican party, republicans, voters
Posted in Political Parties
Posted in Political Parties
The Deficit Supercommittee has the wrong members!
When a private business feels like it’s leaders may have views that are too biased, one-sided, or the result of tunnel vision since they may be jaded working within one company’s culture, they hire an outside consultant. When a private company feels…
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Tagged with: deficit, democatic, democratic party, political leaders, politicians, republican party, republicans, supercommittee
Posted in Political Parties
Posted in Political Parties
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