Commentary

The way to counter corruption and check the influence of entrenched power is not to pry open the donor files of organizations, but to ...

Unfortunately, the first bill proposed in the 2019 Congress will destroy the FEC’s bipartisanship.

Transparency is for government; privacy is for citizens.

Ironically, campaign finance controversies surrounding Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic freshmen class superstar, illustrate the bill’s severe flaws.

Ironically, the first bill introduced by Democrats could thus lead to more candidates like Trump.

Each part of Ocasio-Cortez’s scenario misstates either the law or the facts of campaign finance. Let’s unpack it, point by point.

Taxpayer funding of campaigns as designed by H.R. 1 is likely to help incumbents and established candidates who already have large fundraising networks in ...

What if members of Congress told you the only way to preserve democracy in America was to give them more power over how Americans ...

As the jockeying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has begun, too many pundits are buying into politicians’ self-serving attacks against other candidates’ supporters.

Does the government have the power to suppress a film if it criticizes a candidate running for office?