Peter Overby appears in the following:
FEC: DOMA Limits Political Donations By Gay Married Couples
Friday, April 26, 2013
Maybe it's not your first thought after saying "I do," but federal election law gives married couples some advantages in making political contributions. The Federal Election Commission tried Thursday to make those same breaks available to couples in same-sex marriages — but commissioners said they're thwarted by the federal Defense ...
Bill Would Expand Disclosure Of Political Money
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The partisan rift over disclosing political donors has widened since last year's election. But now, along come Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., with a bill that would radically expand the disclosure of political money trails.
Their bill is aimed at outing the wealthy donors, corporations and unions ...
IRS To 'Social Welfare' Groups: Show Me The Political Ad Money
Saturday, March 30, 2013
There are still unanswered questions about the politically active 501(c)(4) "social welfare" groups. The anonymously funded entities' multimillion-dollar ad budgets helped to clog the airwaves last year.
How much did they really spend to intervene in the 2012 campaign? What kinds of sources supplied their money? What ties do they ...
Thieves Target Political Ad Consultants On New FCC Site
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Poke into the obscure corners of the Federal Communications Commission's website, and you can find one of the deepest disclosures in campaign finance.
An FCC database, which the government just approved last April and began making public in August, posts documents that reveal which politicians and ...
For Some Conservatives, It's Homecoming Week
Monday, March 11, 2013
The American conservative movement has its homecoming this week: the Conservative Political Action Conference, where everyone from politicians to peddlers is out to inspire the faithful.
Last year, one of the headline speakers was former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who harked back to the second-ever CPAC in 1975, when ...
After Tough 2012, Conservative Koch Brothers Regroup
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The network of political groups headed by conservative industrialists David and Charles Koch spent millions of undisclosed dollars in last year's elections. Now, after failing to help Republicans win the White House or the Senate, the Koch brothers are re-examining the network, its goals and strategies.
The Koch brothers rank ...
How NYC's Bloomberg Influenced Calif. Rep. Race
Friday, November 23, 2012
Financial Reports Shed Little Light On GOP Race
Monday, October 17, 2011
Top Donors Use Super PACs To Sidestep Money Limits To Candidates
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
30 Issues Cont'd: Money, Politics, and Citizens United
Friday, September 24, 2010
Peter Overby, NPR's power, money and influence correspondent, and Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group, take a look at campain finance spending on a national level and talks about how the Citizens United ruling could impact upcoming elections.
Hillary: The Movie and Campaign Finance Implications
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Healthcare: Who's in the Picture?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
30 Issues: Campaign Finance
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
