Political strategist Margaret Hoover discussed the importance of free and fair elections in a democracy. The 2023 George Washington Symposium was hosted by George Washington’s Mount Vernon i…
111 viewsFormer Federal Election Commission Chair Trevor Potter (R) and Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (D) were among the witnesses testifying on prohibiting content generated by artificial…
458 viewsThe Senate Rules Committee held a hearing on S.1, the For the People Act, a wide-ranging bill related to voting rights, campaign finance, and ethics. Former Attorney General Eric Holder, Mic…
3,128 viewsThe McCain Institute hosted a virtual discussion about the results of the 2020 presidential election and what to expect during a Biden administration. Former Obama and McCain campaign manage…
752 viewsDuring the opening plenary session of Represent.us’s inaugural Unrig the System Summit, actress Jennifer Lawrence interviewed former Federal Election Commission chair Trevor Potter about how…
1,349 viewsTrevor Potter, Bob Shrum, Leslee Sherrill, and others talked about potential electoral reform, including the Electoral College, redistricting, and voting rights.
2,050 viewsFederal and local officials and advocates discussed possible vulnerabilities in U.S. voting systems amid concerns about foreign hacking and so-called “rigged” election results.
201 viewsPanelists talked about the complexities and transparency issues associated with campaign financing. They focused on outside funding of campaigns since the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens Un…
443 viewsThe Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a hearing on campaign finance law, the first congressional hearing since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier in the month that struck dow…
5,942 viewsBill Burton and Trevor Potter spoke about the influence of super political action committees (SuperPACs) in the 2012 election. Trevor Potter, general counsel for Senator McCain’s 2000 and 20…
249 viewsPanelists compared the amount of corporate and union spending in the 2012 elections with prior election cycles following the Supreme Court’s decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election C…
516 viewsTrevor Potter talked about the American Bar Association Task Force’s recent report on recommended changes to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) and the amendments to it in 2007. The r…
1,106 viewsLaw professors and political scholars analyzed the impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The 5-4 ruling from January 2010 eliminated restric…
1,339 viewsRepresentatives of seven government watchdog organizations outlined a proposal for a lobbying reform package that would address the failures that made the recent scandal involving lobbyist J…
148 viewsPanelists participated in a forum discussion of the politics of campaign finance laws. They addressed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, as well as its predecessors. They talked about…
105 viewsThree panels appeared before the Senate Rules Committee to address concerns over enforcement of campaign finance law. Senators McCain and Feingold testified on what they see as an unwillingn…
167 viewsOn the second day of public hearings regarding proposed regulation of “527” political groups the Federal Election Commission heard testimony from representatives of groups expressing their v…
187 viewsThe Campaign Legal Center hosted a forum on Congressional Ethics. Participants talked about enforcing congressional ethics rules and the process of ethics oversight. They talked about the ne…
89 viewsAttorneys and analysts talked about the Supreme Court case McConnell v. FEC and the court’s decision to uphold a campaign finance reform law. They talked about the opinions of the justices, …
82 viewsKenneth Starr, attorney for Senator Mitch McConnell, and Trevor Potter, attorney for Senators McCain and Feingold, talked about the U.S. Supreme Court case McConnell v. Federal Election Comm…
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