May 2018 - ECU Action Fund

Vulnerable and compromised: foreign money influencing U.S. Elections

Despite laws banning foreign money in American elections [1], loopholes in our campaign finance system have left our electoral process vulnerable to spending by foreign governments, [...]

CAMPAIGN SPENDING 101

This guide describes the types of groups playing a major role and identifies some of their key features. Traditional Organizations Federal Candidate Campaign Committees Each political [...]

Citizens united and the campaign finance crisis

Citizens United v. FEC was a 2010 Supreme Court case that overturned key provisions of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2003. The Court’s decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, [...]