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Common Cause Files Complaint Against Pro-Bernie Sanders Group Our Revolution for Violating Soft Money BanUnder the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, an entity directly or indirectly established by a federal candidate or officeholder is not allowed to solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend funds in connection with an election for Federal office unless the funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of federal law.
According to Our Revolutions tax returns showing contribution amounts but not contributor names, data compiled and first reported by the Associated Press, from 2016 to 2018 Our Revolution raised almost $1 million dollars from contributors who gave in excess of the applicable $5,000 contribution limit, including multiple contributions of between $100,000 and $300,000. Our Revolution has not disclosed any of its contributors to the FEC, as required by federal campaign finance law.
Americans expect and deserve to have our campaign finance laws enforced and they expect political organizations to abide by the law, regardless of their political views, said Paul Seamus Ryan, Common Cause vice president for policy and litigation. The facts surrounding Our Revolution, including its founding by Sen. Sanders, its receipt of six-figure contributions, its failure to disclose donors to the FEC, and its political spending in Iowa and elsewhere, point to a clear violation of the federal soft money ban. Common Cause is a nonpartisan organization and we work to hold power accountable regardless of party affiliation or policy positions. It is critically important that the soft money ban be enforced, or outside groups founded by candidates will become a commonplace means to evade contribution limits and disclosure requirements.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/22/common-cause-files-complaint-against-pro-bernie-sanders-group-our-revolution
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SunSeeker
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lapucelle
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Cha
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lapucelle
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brer cat
(24,618 posts)Do we even have a functioning FEC?
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lapucelle
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Demsrule86
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The Valley Below
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sheshe2
(83,933 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Valley Below
(1,701 posts)for the trial.
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comradebillyboy
(10,176 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)fight back as Warren did , as the Biden camp did with a liile help from Bloomberg. And now they have been called on having a dark money pac .
this is all new for them. As there was little vetting last time. I have always thought the media and others were intimidated by Sanders supporters.
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lapucelle
(18,351 posts)WASHINGTON (AP) The watchdog group Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday, alleging that Our Revolution, a political nonprofit organization founded by Bernie Sanders, violated campaign finance law by accepting donations in excess of federal limits while boosting his White House ambitions.
The complaint comes after The Associated Press reported earlier this month about the donations.
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The group has paid for some social media ads backing Sanders campaign and is working to turn out voters who will support the senator in the Democratic presidential primary. The group will not have to disclose its 2020 spending until after the election.
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Our Revolution is not a super PAC. But the tax-exempt political nonprofit functions much like one but without having to reveal its donors. Like super PACs, these nonprofits were similarly empowered to raise and spend unlimited sums after the Citizens United decision.
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Our Revolution also provided a $105,000 seed loan to the Sanders Institute, a think tank founded by OMeara Sanders and her son, David Driscoll. The Sanders Institute, which was mothballed after Sanders launched his 2020 campaign, paid Driscoll $100,000 a year to serve as its executive director. Driscoll previously was an executive for Nike and the Vermont snowboarding firm Burton, but had no previous nonprofit experience, according to his LinkedIn profile. The loan was paid off in 2018.
https://apnews.com/cd7a58676b6fc8cbe2f9783f469d0bee
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Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)I am going to read all of it.
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UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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kimbutgar
(21,211 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Oh there she is...pushing boundaries with Bernie. The amount of time she spends with Bernie, you'd think this expert would have sensed something was wrong at Our Revolution.
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lapucelle
(18,351 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
The Valley Below
(1,701 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
comradebillyboy
(10,176 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287435359
It was part of this weeks big push, coupled with the SS smears. This is the one Bernie ended up apologizing for, after it got wide publicity via the usual useful idiots...Guardian, Common Dreams etc.
She posits herself as the anti-corruption expert. So of course they use her name in the byline. But it was mostly her linking to other articles, predominantly from the attack Democrats from the left circuit. IOW...a huge pile of crapola.
You'd think she'd check out the people she's endorsing and campaigning and ratfucking for before she threw in with them.
Being the purist and the expert and all.
Besides her loss to Cuomo in the governors race she also lost Congressional and Atty General races in NY.
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sheshe2
(83,933 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)Who needs a super pac?
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Sigh.
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Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Demsrule86
(68,696 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,933 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
sheshe2
(83,933 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
NYMinute
(3,256 posts)But this destroys the "grassroots campaign" slogan
Bernie is just like another politician - he just tries to hide it with a holier-than-thou attitude
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lapfog_1
(29,227 posts)Trying to stir trouble.
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R B Garr
(16,992 posts)was never reconciled. Tad Devine would have known how to set that all up from his work with Manafort.
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sheshe2
(83,933 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)Our Revolution is not a super PAC. But the tax-exempt political nonprofit functions much like one but without having to reveal its donors. Like super PACs, these nonprofits were similarly empowered to raise and spend unlimited sums after the Citizens United decision.
https://apnews.com/cd7a58676b6fc8cbe2f9783f469d0bee
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BannonsLiver
(16,478 posts)Shes a wealthy Hollywood elite who has cash to burn.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)I wonder if they premiered the documentary about her ping pong empire at the Sundance Film Festival.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=sarandon+ping+pong
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Hassin Bin Sober
(26,344 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
revmclaren
(2,532 posts)Wow...just wow ..
ONLY!!! 2020 and beyond.
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Cha
(297,733 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(297,733 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
still_one
(92,422 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)It was their investigation that led Common Cause to take action.
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still_one
(92,422 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
George II
(67,782 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
lapucelle
(18,351 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
revmclaren
(2,532 posts)who is cheering on the illegal activity.
One guess who...
ONLY!!! 2020 and beyond.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
oasis
(49,410 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,660 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
58Sunliner
(4,412 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
herding cats
(19,568 posts)Why do people do these things? They know it's going to some to light eventually.
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RelativelyJones
(898 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
R B Garr
(16,992 posts)So glad to see this being exposed.
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NCProgressive
(1,315 posts)founded by Bernie, handed to one of his staffers and collecting dark money.
We know about OR so we found out. Then there is the nurses' PAC. I bet there are more. Somehow Sirota's buddies in the media must be getting rich.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
SunSeeker
(51,728 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rampartc
(5,438 posts)I guess i can call Bernie on his cell phone and find out who gave the rest.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Tarheel_Dem
(31,241 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Good on the watchdogs!
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bloom
(11,635 posts)What the candidates do from this point on - will tell you what sort of president they would be.
Is it a requirement to be corrupt to be president these days?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided