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Patrick Murphy picks up endorsement from left-leaning group End Citizens United

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Liberal public interest group End Citizens United endorsed Democratic U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. The group – founded to fight against “dark money in politics” which they say is corrupting the federal government in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. FEC – says that The move flouts the conventional wisdom – and the narrative advanced by fellow U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson – that Grayson is the only “real” Democrat in the race to…

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St. Pete should embrace data-driven initiative in fixing its archaic web-based campaign finance monitoring

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There’s this really neat three-year initiative called What Works Cities. It’s a nationwide program aiming to accelerate the use of data in cities across the United States. The idea is to give cities a hand in learning to make better use of and manage city data. That information can not only be used to engage the public and make government more effective, it is also a valuable tool for the media to track down certain sets of information. The initiative…

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527 fix returns, passes, heads to governor

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From Sunshine State News: In stark contrast to the way lawmakers tried earlier this year to rein in shadowy electioneering groups in a broad campaign finance bill that was ultimately vetoed, the House quietly passed and sent to Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday a second attempt to put some regulations on “527” organizations. The “electioneering communications organizations,” sometimes called 527s for the section of IRS code that deals with them, have torpedoed campaigns with little accountability since a federal court…

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Marco Rubio responds to ethics complaint about campaign financing…by asking for a campaign donation

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Just caught this press release from the Marco Rubio campaign in response to an ethics complaint being filed against him: ..it’s no surprise that Democrats are now targeting Marco with the first of many political stunts to distract voters’ attention from their flawed ObamaCare plan and the massive, out-of-control spending that has taken place on their watch. The smears and attacks against Marco get more ridiculous each day. Today’s stunt is to enlist a maxed out Hillary Clinton supporter to…

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Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance won’t affect state, local races

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The U.S. Supreme Court shook the political world on Thursday with its ruling that the government may not ban political spending by corporations for or against candidates. For state and local races – governor, Legislature, county commission and municipal councils and commissions – the ruling has no effect. “The prohibitions that were in the federal law don’t apply to Florida state and local races,” said Mark Herron, a Tallahassee lawyer considered the top expert on Florida election law. “Under Florida…

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Tom DeLay’s Dancing with the Stars website

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Whoever said there were no second acts in American politics would never have envisioned the biggest prick in Congress finding his second wind by appearing on a dance competition show alongside Donny Osmond and Macy Gray. Of course, Tom DeLay, who was indicted by a Texas grand jury on criminal charges that he had conspired to violate campaign finance laws, fits right in with this year’s cast, which features seven contestants with rap sheets.

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Jamie Bennett campaign accepted cash donations over legal limit — against my advice

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Before you read the following article, remember there was a complete (self-imposed) firewall between me and Jamie Bennett’s campaign finances. So everything you are about to read is just another indication of Bennett’s incompetence. Also, I am on record as early as March 16 as recommending the campaign institute more advanced controls of his campaign finance record-keeping, as indicated by this email I sent to the campaign treasurer: Bill: Here is where you want to go to order Campaign Tool…

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