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Updated Friday, Sept. 5, 12:25 p.m.

Campaign finance news

The Daily Query

A handful of the Democrats’ brightest hopes for unseating Republican senators this election are banding together to raise money. The new Red to Blue 2008 joint fundraising committee brings together candidates Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Bruce Lunsford of Kentucky. All five trailed their GOP opponents in available election cash as of the end of July.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• 1199 SEIU Federal Political Action Fund | Amalgamated Transit Union COPE | Laborers Political League-Laborers’ International Union of N.A. | MoveOn.org Political Action | NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama)
• EMILY’s List (Supports Tracey Brooks, NY-21)
• Focus on the Family (Supports John McCain)
• League of Conservation Voters Action Fund (Opposes Bob Schaffer, CO Senate)
• Life and Liberty PAC Inc. | National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund | Republican Majority Campaign | RightMarch.com PAC Inc. (Opposes Barack Obama)
• National Federation of Independent Business/Save America Free Enterprise Trust (Opposes Al Franken, MN Senate)
• NRCC (Opposes Victoria Wulsin, OH-02)
• Republican Party of Minnesota (Supports Brian Davis, MN-01)
• RightMarch.com PAC Inc. (Opposes Barack Obama)
      Electioneering Communication
• American Future Fund (John Sununu, Jeanne Shaheen, NH Senate)
• Alliance for a Better Minnesota (Norm Coleman, MN Senate)
      September Monthly
• Former Gov. Mark Warner, D-Va.: Forward Together PAC

Sept. 5, 2008 - 12:25 p.m.

CQ Today: Abramoff Gets Four Years for Fraud and Bribery

The corrupt former lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced to four years in federal prison Thursday for defrauding some of his clients — chiefly, two Indian tribes — and bribing public officials, including a congressman who himself served a prison term in connection to the case. Full story

Sept. 4, 2008 - 4:37 p.m.

The Daily Query

The presidential campaign is heating up on the airwaves, and now among independent groups, as well. Six different organizations, ranging from labor unions to abortion-rights groups and conservative grassroots coalitions, are making expenditures to support or oppose presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.
     Notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Supports Gerry Connolly, Opposes Keith Fimian, VA-11; Supports Nick Lampson, Opposes Peter Olson, TX-22; Supports John Boccieri, Opposes Kirk Schuring, OH-16; Supports Mary Jo Kilroy, Opposes Steve Stivers, OH-15; Supports Martin Heinrich, Opposes Darren White, NM-01; Supports Linda Stender, Opposes Leonard Lance, NJ-07; Support John Adler, Oppose Chris Myers, NJ-03; Support Deborah Halvorson, Oppose Martin Ozinga, IL-11; Supports Jim Himes, Opposes Chris Shays, CT-04; Supports Jerry McNerney, Opposes Dean Andal, CA-11; Supports Parker Griffith, Opposes Wayne Parker, AL-05; Supports Ethan Berkowitz, AK-AL)
• The Denver Group (Supports Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• The Legacy Committee Political Action Committee (Supports John McCain)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama, Opposes John McCain)
• National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC (Supports Barack Obama)
• National Campaign Fund (Supports John McCain, Opposes Barack Obama)
• National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund (Supports Rep. Tom Feeney)
• Republican Majority Campaign | RightMarch.com PAC Inc. (Opposes Barack Obama)

Sept. 4, 2008 - 1:36 p.m.

CQ Politics: GOP Convention’s Money Man Defends the System

Officials of the major political parties and the watchdog groups who monitor the flow of money into campaigns are, predictably, rarely in agreement. But this year they’ve ended up on the same page about fundraising for the political conventions: The system has to change, because the money is out of control. But the man who led the charge to bail this week’s Republican National Convention out of a last-minute $10 million funding shortfall says everything is just fine the way it is. Full Story

Sept. 4, 2008 - 10:39 a.m.

CQ MoneyLine Top 10: Members Who Accepted Free Travel

Expense-paid trips for members of Congress have been in sharp decline since 2004, when the Jack Abramoff scandal exposed how lobbyists paid for lavish junkets for lawmakers. Since the start of the 110th Congress, lawmakers have accepted just over $3 million in free trips — mostly from non-profit groups still allowed to provide free travel under the new lobbying and ethics law. That figure is less than half of the nearly $7.5 million in free travel received during the 108th Congress.
     The following is a list of lawmakers who have accepted the most money in free travel so far in the 110th Congress.
• Rep. Susan A. Davis , D-Calif., $55,765
• Sen. Richard G. Lugar , R-Ind., $53,222
• Rep. Mike Ferguson , R-N.J., $51,886
• Rep. Russ Carnahan , D-Mo., $49,978
• Rep. Mark Souder , R-Ind., $49,750
• Rep. George Miller , D-Calif., $47,625
• Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., R-Wis., $44,359
• Rep. Rick Boucher , D-Va., $42,219
• Rep. Howard L. Berman , D-Calif., $41,230
• Rep. Lloyd Doggett , D-Texas, $41,184

Sept. 3, 2008 - 1:44 p.m.

The Daily Query

Barack Obama is under attack from the National Rifle Association, which describes the Democratic presidential nominee as “a serious threat to Second Amendment liberties.” The group’s political action committee, the National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund, spent $30,000 on Web site development this week to promote that message online.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama)

Sept. 3, 2008 - 12:02 p.m.

CQ Politics Convention Coverage

• Convention Watchdogs Sniffing Around Lobbyist Parties
• Despite McCain’s Anti-Washington Message, K Street Helps Out at Convention
• Convention Parties Roll on, but With Different Rules for Lawmakers

Sept. 3, 2008 - 10:29 a.m.

The Daily Query

The National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee jumped into Pennsylvania’s 11th District race by spending $234,000 on a television ad buy and surveys supporting Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski . The twelve-term Democrat faces a strong challenge from Republican Lou Barletta, and both parties are paying attention to the contest, but so far Kanjorski enjoys a vast cash on hand advantage, $2.2 million to Barletta’s $322,000.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and the IRS over the weekend:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Supports Deborah Halvorson, Opposes Martin Ozinga, IL-11; Supports Jerry McNerney, Opposes Dean Andal, CA-11; Supports Mary Jo Kilroy, Opposes Steve Stivers, OH-15)
• Indiana Republican State Committee Inc. (Supports John McCain, Opposes Barack Obama)
• MoveOn.org Political Action (Supports Barack Obama)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Opposes John McCain)
• SEIU COPE (Supports Barack Obama, Tim Walz, MN-01 and Ashwin Madia, MN-03; Opposes John McCain)
      Electioneering Communication
• AFL-CIO (John E. Sununu, NH Senate; Mary L. Landrieu, LA Senate)
• SEIU (Barack Obama)
• Chamber of Commerce (Norm Coleman, Al Franken, MN Senate; Jeanne Shaheen, John E. Sununu, NH Senate; Steve Kagan, WI-08)
      New Registration
• Florida 16 Nominee Fund, RNC and NRCC: Florida 16 Victory Trust
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• LA-04: Gorman for Congress Inc.

Sept. 2, 2008 - 1:32 p.m.

CQ Politics Convention Coverage

• Charity Events Play Star Role at RNC
• Major Businesses Buy Into Conventions to Stay in the Political Loop
• The Parties Split Minnesota’s Big Money People

Sept. 2, 2008 - 10:37 a.m.

The Daily Query

John McCain wasted no time including his new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, into his fundraising operations. His campaign filed forms this morning to update his chief fundraising committee to include Palin and to change the name of the campaign’s legal and accounting fundraising committee to McCain-Palin Compliance Fund Inc.. The forms also indicate that Palin’s name has been added to several of the McCain’s joint fundraising committees, which will be actively raising money for the campaign and the Republican Party this fall.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and the IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (Opposes Steve Pearce, NM Senate; Opposes Marilyn Musgrave, CO-04)
• DCCC (Supports Martin Heinrich, Opposes Darren White, NM-01; Supports Nick Lampson, Opposes Peter Olson, TX-22; Supports Gerry Connolly, Opposes Keith Fimian, VA-11; Supports John Boccieri, Opposes Kirk Schuring, OH-16; Supports John Adler, Opposes Chris Myers, NJ-03)
• Human Rights Campaign PAC (Supports Barack Obama)
• Indiana Republican State Committee (Supports John McCain, Opposes Barack Obama)
      Electioneering Communication
• American Future Fund (NH Senate)
• National Taxpayers Union (Don Young, AK-AL)
      Pre-Primary
• MN-01: Tim Walz for US Congress
• MN-03: Madia for US Congress
• MN-06: Bachmann for Congress
• NH-01: Jeb Bradley for Congress Committee | Carol Shea-Porter for Congress
• NY-20: Gillibrand for Congress | Treadwell for Congress
• NY-25: Friends of Dan Maffei
• NY-26: Powers for Congress
• NY-29: Massa for Congress
• WI-08: Kagen 4 Congress

Aug. 29, 2008 - 4:36 p.m.

CQ Today: Obama Camp Pitches in to Reduce Clinton Campaign Debt

Unity has been the key word at the Democratic convention in Denver this week as the party seeks to overcome a bruising primary. The Clintons’ speeches sought to bring the party together and praise Barack Obama and in return Obama’s supporters have been giving something to Hillary Rodham Clinton that perhaps speaks louder than words — cash. Full Story

Aug. 28, 2008 - 6:54 p.m.

MoveOn Raising Money to Move Young Voters to Polls

MoveOn.org has launched an initiative to register 500,000 young voters in battleground states before Election Day in the hopes that the youth vote is the key to the presidential election. The liberal group hopes to raise $2.5 million via its political action committee to fund the effort.
     Its PAC already has spent more than $1 million in support of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and against his Republican opponent John McCain, and had $3.9 million in the bank as of the end of June.

Aug. 28, 2008 - 1:59 p.m.

The Daily Query

The Democratic convention wraps up tonight in Denver, but supporters are already turning their attention and dollars to the battleground state of Minnesota, where the GOP will host its convention next week. The Service Employees International Union’s political action committee spent nearly $18,000 on printing and mailings supporting Minnesota Democratic candidates Al Franken, who is challenging Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, and two House candidates, Rep. Tim Walz and Ashwin Madia. The progressive nonprofit Alliance for a Better Minnesota poured another $270,000 into a television ad criticizing Coleman for his ties to oil companies. The group has now spent more than $500,000 on the ad buy.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and the IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Supports Nick Lampson, Opposes Peter Olson, TX-22; Supports John Boccieri, Opposes Kirk Schuring, OH-16; Supports Mary Jo Kilroy, Opposes Steve Stivers, OH-15; Supports Martin Heinrich, Opposes Darren White, NM-01; Supports John Adler, Opposes Chris Meyers, NJ-03; Supports Deborah Halvorson, Opposes Martin Ozinga, IL-11; Supports Jerry McNerney, Opposes Dean Andal, CA-11)
• The Legacy Committee Political Action Committee | National Campaign Fund (Supports John McCain)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Supports Barack Obama)
• Republican Majority Campaign (Opposes Barack Obama)
      Electioneering Communication
• Vets for Freedom (Barack Obama)
      New Registration
• Leonard Lance, Chris Meyers, RNC and NRCC: Lance-Meyers New Jersey Trust
• Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Texas Republican Party: McCaul-Texas Victory Committee
      Pre-Primary
• MN-03: Friends of Erik Paulsen
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• AZ-05: Susan Bitter Smith for Congress

Aug. 28, 2008 - 12:53 p.m.

CQ Politics Convention Coverage

• Watchdogs Question ‘Blue Dog’ Ethics In Light of Business-Sponsored Event
• Ethics Rules Zap Kanye West Ticket Holders

Aug. 28, 2008 - 9:49 a.m.

CQ Today: Fat Campaign Account — for an Ex-Lawmaker

Former Rep. Martin T. Meehan left Congress to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. But if the Democrat was still running for re-election this year, he would have more campaign money available than any other House member or candidate. Full story

Aug. 27, 2008 - 5:11 p.m.

CQ Politics: Online Political Sites Pushing Boundaries of Campaign Law

The 2008 election cycle has seen a dramatic expansion in the use of the Internet to engage people in the political process. But with the rapid growth of online political advocacy have come unforeseen issues about how to police campaign-related activities on the Web, forcing regulators to address questions never anticipated by campaign finance law. Full Story

Aug. 27, 2008 - 3:43 p.m.

The Daily Query

House Republicans Steve Chabot, Jean Schmidt and Michael R. Turner have teamed up to bolster their re-election bids with a new joint fundraising committee called Ohioans Together 2008. Schmidt and Chabot have very competitive races in November and the DCCC has targeted their seats as potential takeovers by including their challengers in its Red to Blue fundraising initiative.
     Schmidt trails Victoria Wulsin in fundraising by close to $200,000, while Chabot has a $700,000 edge on Steve Driehaus. Turner’s race is currently rated as safe for the incumbent, who has raised just under $1 millions for his re-election campaign.
     Other notable filings with the Federal Election Commission and IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Supports Deborah Halvorson, Opposes Martin Ozinga, IL-11; Supports Linda Stender, Opposes Leonard Lance, NJ-07; Supports Nick Lampson, Opposes Peter Olson, TX-22; Supports Gerry Connolly, Opposes Keith S. Fimian, VA-11)
• The Denver Group (Supports Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• League of Conservation Voters Inc (Opposes Bob Schaffer, CO Senate)
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc. (Supports Barack Obama, Opposes John McCain)
• MoveOn.org Political Action (Supports Barack Obama)
• Republican Majority Campaign (Opposes Barack Obama)
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• AZ-01: Kirkpatrick for Arizona
• FL-16: Tom Rooney for Congress
• LA-04: Gorman for Congress, Inc.
• NY-20: Gillibrand for Congress

Aug. 27, 2008 - 3:19 p.m.

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