Progressives push for select committee with no recipients of fossil-fuel campaign cash

http://inthesetimes.com/article/21652/nancy-pelosi-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-castor?link_id=3&can_id=aa194cdc88a774f5bc824a412c3e8cb1&source=email-we-cant-afford-to-let-nancy-pelosi-bury-the-green-new-deal-the-left-victories-that-defined-2018&email_referrer=email_470587&email_subject=we-cant-afford-to-let-nancy-pelosi-bury-the-green-new-deal-the-left-victories-that-defined-2018

Charlie Cooper

Trump 2020 campaign may be violating coordination ban

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2018/12/trump-2020-campaign-coordination/?utm_source=2018+Donor+Appeal+List&utm_campaign=a537b03d43-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_20_04_41_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2460557a0c-a537b03d43-212194641#utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newslett%3Dtrump-2020-campaign-coordination-122018

Payments to a shell corporation are allegedly used to fund NRA ads, in violation of coordination statute.

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out - Maryland

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Both Campaigns Enthusiastically Violate Ban on Super PAC Coordination, Watchdog Says

https://static.theintercept.com/amp/both-campaigns-enthusiastically-violate-ban-on-super-pac-coordination-watchdog-says.html

State will switch firms for voter database

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/maryland-ditches-election-servers-tied-to-russian-oligarch/65-71d6f971-8ce6-44cd-8659-543d0e337e39

Charlie Cooper

Senate votes to allow IRS review of dark money donors to "non-profits"

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/12/senate-democrats-overturn-trump-donor-disclosure-1057535 Pres. Trump had issued an executive order barring the IRS from reviewing who is donating to non-profit organizations that make political contributions. The Senate voted to overturn this order because it opens to door to foreign influence and corrupt special interests. It's not expected to pass in the House, however.

Senate votes to allow review of non-profits' donors

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/12/senate-democrats-overturn-trump-donor-disclosure-1057535

Pres. Trump had issued an executive order barring the IRS from reviewing who is donating to non-profit organizations that make political contributions. The Senate voted to overturn this order because it opens to door to foreign influence and corrupt special interests. It's not expected to pass in the House, however.

Charlie Cooper

Corporate money causes stress within Cong. Progressive Caucus

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/14/congressional-progressive-caucus-corporate-pac-money/

Charlie Cooper

Detailed review of Dems' democracy reform bill - H.R. 1

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/02/public-campaign-finance-hr1/

Charlie Cooper

The rich get their money's worth from Congress

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/12/heres-how-the-rich-get-their-moneys-worth-from-republicans/

Gutting the IRA is one mechanism of return on investment for political spending.

Charlie Cooper

Get Money Out - Maryland

Opinion | After Citizens United, a Vicious Cycle of Corruption - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/opinion/citizens-united-corruption-pacs.html

Democrats Push to Make Public Campaign Finance a Reality

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/02/public-campaign-finance-hr1/