Democrats are big on purity tests, but it will take a lot more than gimmicks to solve the party’s political money conundrum.
Eliza Newlin Carney
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To Reassert Its Lost Power, Congress Must Join the 21st Century
An obscure congressional committee may help make Congress relevant again.
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Voter Registration Is Surging—So Republicans Want to Criminalize It
Turnout by voters of color went up by double digits in Tennessee and other states last year, prompting a spate of GOP bills designed to shut down voter registration drives.
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Republicans Abandon Election Security
Republicans used to back election security, but now GOP leaders are taking their cue from the White House.
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FEC Dysfunction Now Threatens Democracy
As House Democrats call in witnesses to answer the questions raised by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, Federal Election Commission officials should be at the top of their list.
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“Total Exoneration?” Not So Fast.
There’s already ample evidence that Donald Trump violated the campaign finance laws, and the core question of whether he received illegal election help from Russia remains unanswered.
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Another GOP Voter Fraud Claim Falls Apart, and Democrats See an Opening
Republican voter fraud allegations are getting embarrassing—and politically damaging—for the GOP.
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Voter Turnout Is Surging — And Mitch McConnell Is Terrified
The Senate majority leader recoils at provisions that would facilitate voting—a position that puts him increasingly out of step with voters and with many state-level Republicans.
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Campaign Reforms May Never Pass, But the Low-Dollar Revolution Has Already Begun
No one expects billionaire campaign contributors to go away, but Democrats’ moves to swear off big money in favor of small, individual donations are shifting the political culture.
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Trump’s Inaugural Was a Hot Mess from the Start, and Now It Puts Him in Legal Peril
New disclosures surface every day in the Russia collusion probes, but mundane campaign-finance violations may once again cause Trump his biggest headaches.