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January 19, 2023
Wall Street ally Sen. Thom Tillis tapped to join GOP leadership
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a Wall Street ally and strong fundraiser, will reportedly join Senate Republican leadership as a counselor.
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‘A missed opportunity’: Virginia subcommittee on campaign finance reform has little to show after 2-year study
A Virginia legislative panel formed to study campaign finance reform failed to deliver its final report on Wednesday.
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How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low (The New York Times) [[link removed]]
“The rules the I.R.S. has passed are not always clear as to what is and is not allowed,” said Anna Massoglia, an investigations manager at OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan group that tracks the flow of money in politics. “This makes it easier for groups to exploit that lack of clarity. I’m not familiar with another group that has done it to this scale.”
The clock is ticking on a TikTok ban (Vox) [[link removed]]
“This is kind of the template for how modern tech lobbying goes,” said Dan Auble, senior researcher at OpenSecrets, which tracks lobbyist spending. “These companies come on the scene and suddenly start spending substantial amounts of money. And ByteDance has certainly done that.”
Lax campaign finance rules likely to survive Bankman-Fried scandal (NBC News) [[link removed]]
"I am disheartened that this hasn’t been more of a topic of conversation. It should be. But I’m not so surprised," said Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of OpenSecrets, which tracks political donations, of Bankman-Fried’s use of the campaign finance system. "This is yet another example of how lax campaign finance rules allow someone with money to throw their weight around and build influence and maybe it is not gaining traction because it’s just one of many stories like this."
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