Testimony of Center for Competitive Politics to the Committee on House Administration

May 11, 2010   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Citizens United v. FEC. Since then, congressional critics of the Court's broad holding ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to the Alaska House Judiciary Committee

April 9, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , ,

These types of programs are often introduced with grand promises for freeing candidates from the pressures of fundraising, alleviating them of ties to special interests, ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to Wisconsin Senate Labor, Elections & Urban Affairs Committee

March 16, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , ,

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Citizens United case, a number of legislators in various states and the federal government ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to Maryland House Ways and Means Committee

March 16, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , , ,

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, there has been significant speculation as to how the ...

Testimony of CCP President Sean Parnell at Maryland Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee

March 11, 2010   •  By Sean Parnell   •  ,

I am here today to testify on the serious concerns my organization has with Senate Bill 681, which would create a taxpayer financing scheme for ...

Testimony of CCP Chairman Bradley A. Smith to Senate Committee on the Judiciary

March 10, 2010   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Clearly, the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United is correct. To understand why, one must only review what the position of the government was in ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to Maryland House Ways and Means Committee

March 9, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , , ,

First, it is important to note that long before the Court’s decision in Citizens United, corporations, unions and other groups could spend an unlimited amount ...

Testimony of CCP Research & Government Relations Director Laura Renz to West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee

March 8, 2010   •  By Laura Renz   •  , ,

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, there has been significant speculation as to how the ...

Comments of CCP Vice President Steve Hoersting on Coordinated Communications Rulemaking

January 20, 2010   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  , , ,

"Before the FEC adopted a content standard in its coordination investigations, the specter of a coordination investigation served as a kind of Hobson's choice ...

Testimony of CCP Government & Coalition Relations Director Kristen Meade to North Carolina Senate Committee on Appropriations and Base Budget

July 13, 2009   •  By IFS staff   •  , ,

Campaign finance regulations are constitutional only to prevent the corruption of candidates and officeholders or its appearance. See generally Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 ...

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