What’s Happening Friday in DC?
Political News
What’s Happening Friday in DC?
2023-04-28 14:31:29
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — It’s a relatively quiet, rainy Friday in Washington, with a forecast of periodic heavy rain and high wind gusts sure to inspire those who can to stay home. Others, however, aren’t so lucky. Among them, the president, who... Read More

Texts Linking to Split Fundraising Pages Not Subject to Joint Fundraising Rules
Campaign Finance
Texts Linking to Split Fundraising Pages Not Subject to Joint Fundraising Rules
2022-09-15 18:07:49
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Short code text messages containing links to “split-it” fundraising pages are not subject to joint fundraising rules under the Federal Election Campaign Act, the Federal Elections Commission has held. The determination came in response to a request for... Read More

Vendor’s Delay in Depositing Contributions Has DNC Seeking FEC Advice
Campaign Finance
Vendor’s Delay in Depositing Contributions Has DNC Seeking FEC Advice
2022-07-08 17:02:20
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Trouble with a longtime “caging” vendor has the Democratic National Committee and its senatorial campaign arm asking the Federal Election Commission whether they can retain and use contributions deposited after the 10-day deadline mandated by agency regulation. In... Read More

Judge Says Abrams Campaign Fund Can’t Raise Unlimited Cash
Campaign Finance
Judge Says Abrams Campaign Fund Can’t Raise Unlimited Cash
2022-04-15 14:34:37
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that a fundraising committee affiliated with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams can’t begin raising unlimited campaign contributions. The ruling is based on a state law passed last year that allows Georgia lawmakers... Read More

House Democrats Post Record August Fundraising Ahead of 2022
Campaign Finance
House Democrats Post Record August Fundraising Ahead of 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The campaign organization aiming to maintain Democratic control of the House in the 2022 midterm races raised $10 million last month, its best August haul ever during a year without a national election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign... Read More

FEC Rules Kelly Can’t Raise Funds for State Candidates
Campaign Finance
FEC Rules Kelly Can’t Raise Funds for State Candidates
2021-07-16 21:08:14
by Dan McCue

Rep. Robin Kelly can remain chairwoman of the Illinois Democratic Party, but must insulate herself from all fundraising for non federal candidates in the state, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday. Kelly, a member of Congress since 2013, is also... Read More

Grassroots Donors Spark $7 Million Mid-Winter Harvest for Democrats
Campaign Finance
Grassroots Donors Spark $7 Million Mid-Winter Harvest for Democrats
2021-02-19 22:26:33
by TWN Staff

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee revealed Friday that it raised $7 million in January due to robust grassroots support, the hard work of House Democrats and the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The DCCC’s January fundraising was anchored by $5.4... Read More

Obama to Appear In His First Virtual Fundraiser for Joe Biden
2020 Elections
Obama to Appear In His First Virtual Fundraiser for Joe Biden
2020-06-16 16:13:58
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama is making his fundraising debut for Joe Biden next week, appearing at an online event aimed at reaching thousands of small-dollar donors Biden, who was Obama's vice president, announced the fundraiser via Twitter Monday... Read More

Biden Campaign Fundraising Surged in May
2020 Elections
Biden Campaign Fundraising Surged in May
2020-06-15 19:00:14
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign announced Monday that it raised $80.8 million in May, fueled by a daily virtual fundraising campaign the candidate and two committees associated with the Democratic Party perfected during the coronavirus pandemic.... Read More

Coronavirus Changes Nature of Campaign Planning and Spending
Campaigns
Coronavirus Changes Nature of Campaign Planning and Spending
2020-05-22 19:42:31
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - There's no question that the coronavirus outbreak that began in earnest in March profoundly affected the nature of politicking ahead of one of the most consequential elections in modern times. For instance, the latest batch of Federal Election... Read More

As Redistricting Approaches, Democrats Boost National Fundraising for State Legislatures
State News
As Redistricting Approaches, Democrats Boost National Fundraising for State Legislatures

WASHINGTON — After nearly a decade of virtually ceding state legislative races to Republicans, the Democratic Party organization dedicated to winning those seats and other allied groups nationally are ramping up fundraising in a bid to win control of state... Read More

2020 Democrats Are Naming Their Fundraising ‘Bundlers’
Campaign Finance
2020 Democrats Are Naming Their Fundraising ‘Bundlers’

When it comes to political fundraising, rich people are great. People who know a lot of rich people are even better. Individual donors may write the checks, but a lot of influence and power accrues to the intermediaries who collect... Read More

Warren, Sanders Top Third-Quarter Fundraising, Biden Comes in Fourth in Money Haul
2020 Elections
Warren, Sanders Top Third-Quarter Fundraising, Biden Comes in Fourth in Money Haul
2019-10-04 20:38:32
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON  — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., raised $24.6 million over the past three months, relying largely on a massive small donor operation. The senator's haul, announced on Friday, is just less than the $25.3 million her chief liberal rival, Vermont... Read More

With Shift In Focus, Has End Citizens United Become Just Another Money Machine?
Campaign Finance
With Shift In Focus, Has End Citizens United Become Just Another Money Machine?
2019-09-24 20:58:57
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON - It was a typical day at the Iowa State Fair, just outside of Des Moines. The smell of just about anything you can imagine fried and served on a stick permeated the air, livestock mostly slumbered through being... Read More

Nonpartisan App Aims to Reinvent Fundraising, Voter Engagement
Nonpartisan App Aims to Reinvent Fundraising, Voter Engagement
2019-06-25 21:38:12
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - As Americans across the country prepare to settle in and get their politics on watching the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, a new, nonpartisan political app is promising to shake up fundraising and how voters engage in... Read More

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