Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Soft-Money Rules of McCain-Feingold Act Posted on May 22, 2017 (May 22, 2017) This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court summarily affirmed a lower court decision rejecting a challenge to the “soft money” rules of the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002. Read More
FSFP Releases Part II of Report: Undermining Federal Limits on Contributions to Political Parties Posted on May 16, 2017 (September 27, 2017) Read “Part II: Undermining Federal Limits on Contributions to Political Parties” of Stephen Weissman’s report on “The SpeechNow Case and the Real World of Campaign Finance.” Read More
Joint Committee of Connecticut Legislature Approves Cutting-Edge Law Challenging Super PACs and Foreign-Influenced Corporate Political Spending Posted on March 28, 2017 (March 28, 2017) Last night, a joint committee of the Connecticut General Assembly took a big step in the movement to push back against Citizens United. The legislature’s joint Government Administration and Elections Committee approved House Bill 5589. With the leadership of Senator Ted Kennedy Jr. and House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, Connecticut has taken a big step towardRead More
Connecticut Moves Forward with Challenges to Super PACs and Foreign-Influenced Corporate Political Spending Posted on February 27, 2017 (June 7, 2017) The movement to push back against Citizens United took another step forward today. As we’ve written elsewhere, two particular threats to democracy can be tackled even while Citizens United stands and no matter who is confirmed as the next Supreme Court Justice. Read More
FSFP End of Year 2016 Progress Report Posted on December 14, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Read about our progress together in our 2016 end-of-year report. Read More
2016 in Review: Working Towards A Brighter Democracy Posted on December 11, 2016 (November 29, 2018) We’re proud to share all that we have accomplished together in 2016, from victories at the state and local level to expand the movement for a constitutional amendment, to a campaign to end super PACs and amplify our legal advocacy efforts. Click to read more.Read More
Watch Rep. Ted Lieu & Rep. Walter Jones Discuss The Case To End Super PACs Posted on December 6, 2016 (November 29, 2018) Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss efforts to end super PACs. Read More
Post-Election: How We Can Win Campaign Finance Reform Cases Before the Supreme Court Posted on November 9, 2016 (December 13, 2016) Read our post-election summary on how we can win campaign finance reform cases before the Supreme Court.Read More
Watch the St. Petersburg City Council Committee of the Whole Meeting Posted on November 4, 2016 (November 17, 2016) On October 27, 2016, the St. Petersburg City Council convened for a Committee of the Whole meeting to consider our proposed ordinance to abolish super PACs and ban foreign corporate money in local elections. Free Speech For People, American Promise-Tampa Bay, the League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg, and other allies played a criticalRead More
Washington Post: Legal team seeking to undo super PACs files suit to push FEC to act Posted on November 4, 2016 (October 2, 2018) Matea Gold of The Washington Post reports on our lawsuit against the FEC, calling for an end to super PACs.Read More