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Cash In Campaigns: The Climb to Candidacy was one of the second-prize high school east division winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Sam Bernbaum, an 11th grader at Winter Park High…

President Biden renewed his call for Congress to address campaign finance. He urged Congress to approve the DISCLOSE Act, a bill under Senate consideration that would require super PACs and other…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and several committee chairs unveiled the Protecting Our Democracy Act at a news conference on Capitol Hill. Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated…

Lev Facher talked about Big Pharma and political donations in campaign 2020.

Judd Legum talked about a new report looking at corporate donations to anti-gay politicians, as well as his of Popular Information outlet’s coverage of other issues in the news.

In a vote of 9-9, the Senate Rules Committee deadlocked along party lines on approving S. 1, the For the People Act, leaving Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) the option to make a motion to…

The 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, Michigan Secretary of…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts and Oversight held a hearing about the influence of special interest groups in the federal judiciary. Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) called dark…

The House passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which makes changes to campaign finance, voting, and ethics laws. Lawmakers also passed a police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic lawmakers spoke from the steps of the U.S. Capitol about their “For the People” Act, which makes changes to campaign finance, voting, and ethics…

The Senate Rules and Administration Committee held a confirmation hearing for three nominees to the Federal Election Commission (FEC): Shana Broussard, Sean Cooksey and Allen Dickerson. The…

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court ruling, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a hearing to…

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Representative John Sarbanes (D-MD) participated in a roundtable discussion four days before the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling…

2020 Democratic presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg, Deval Patrick, Andrew Yang, John Delaney, and Senators Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Elizabeth Warren (MA) spoke at a forum on money in politics,…

Federal Election Commission Chair Ellen Weintraub talked about the money being raised for the 2020 elections, political ads, “microtargeting,” and the functioning of the FEC itself during a…

Bridget Bowman talked about 2020 House and Senate races to watch and third quarter campaign fundraising reports.

Justice Department officials delivered a statement on the arrest and indictment of two men widely reported to be associated with Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney. The two…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democratic leaders held a news conference on their “For the People” bill addressing on voting rights and campaign finance reform.

Dave Levinthal, from the Center for Public Integrity, discussed the oversight of the Federal Elections Commission following the resignation of one of its commissioners.

Kate Ackley talked about the details of H.R. 1, the campaign finance, voting rights and ethics reform legislation.