Read more campaign finance stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1393/campaign-finance.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:32:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69883/pols-turned-lobbyists-use-campaign-cash-to-curry-favor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen congressmen leave Capitol Hill for lobbying jobs, they take their unused campaign funds with them, then dole them out to other lawmakers to influence policy, USA Today reports. Such donations are legal—federal law permits ex-congressmen to keep campaign accounts active, donating the money to candidates, parties, and charities—...http://www.newser.com/story/69883/pols-turned-lobbyists-use-campaign-cash-to-curry-favor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 9:21:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69807/john-edwards-ready-to-admit-paternity-but-not-elizabeth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Edwards once insisted on national TV that he did not father his mistress’ daughter. But secluded at his 100-acre estate in tony Chapel Hill, Edwards is now close to a public reversal—if he can convince his wife to let him, the New York Times reports. Elizabeth Edwards “has...http://www.newser.com/story/69807/john-edwards-ready-to-admit-paternity-but-not-elizabeth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 14:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68829/sotomayors-first-case-could-transform-us-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere aren't any easy cases at the Supreme Court level but the one newbie Sonia Sotomayor and her eight colleagues will tackle tomorrow is as momentous—and as tricky—as they come, McClatchy reports. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission will require the court to decide whether the long-standing ban...http://www.newser.com/story/68829/sotomayors-first-case-could-transform-us-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 7:09:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeptember 9 could mark a watershed in campaign finance, as the Supreme Court hears a special argument for overturning long-standing rules that restrict corporations from buying political advertisements, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court has used the case of Hillary: The Movie , a documentary that a lower courts decided...http://www.newser.com/story/67529/high-court-may-lift-restrictions-on-corporate-cash-in-politics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 14:25:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61394/gopers-spot-end-run-around-election-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA decision by campaign-finance regulators has a pair of GOP strategists hoping to skirt limits set by election law, Politico reports. The Federal Election Commission recently OK’d ad buys made by a solo activist’s one-man corporation. That gave the strategists an idea: Rich individuals could avoid rules against pooling resources...http://www.newser.com/story/61394/gopers-spot-end-run-around-election-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 13:04:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59484/hsu-guilty-of-squeezing-donors-for-campaign-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPonzi schemer and Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has been convicted of campaign finance fraud after two days of jury deliberations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Prosecutors said Hsu had pushed his investors to donate tens of thousands to his chosen political candidates, including Hillary Clinton, between 2004 and 2007. Hsu...http://www.newser.com/story/59484/hsu-guilty-of-squeezing-donors-for-campaign-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 11:28:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57930/edwards-admits-feds-probing-hush-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohn Edwards is being investigated by feds looking to see if he illegally used 2008 campaign funds to hush up mistress Rielle Hunter, the former candidate told the Charlotte Observer , confirming an earlier report in the Edwards-happy National Enquirer . Hunter, hired to film the candidate, was paid $114,000 by...http://www.newser.com/story/57930/edwards-admits-feds-probing-hush-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 15:15:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57750/civil-war-rages-at-rnc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBehind closed doors at the Republican National Committee, a battle’s raging over how much decision-making power chairman Michael Steele should have and, by implication, how much the party trusts him. Some RNC members, led by Treasurer Randy Pullen, the Arizona party chairman, are pushing strict oversight on Steele’s spending power,...http://www.newser.com/story/57750/civil-war-rages-at-rnc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 9:14:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53991/supreme-court-will-rule-on-hillary-documentary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSupreme Court judges will go the movies next week when they hear arguments about a feature-length film on Hillary Clinton, the AP reports. Screened in eight theaters during the presidential campaign, Hillary: the Movie fizzled after federal courts said the scathing documentary and its commercials amounted to campaign ads. Citizens...http://www.newser.com/story/53991/supreme-court-will-rule-on-hillary-documentary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 19:04:50 CDT