[EL] Public citizen and lobbying

[Douglas Johnson]

Tangent from the disclosure discussion: I was surprised to read that Public Citizen approved of bill language that a paid lobbyist publicly claimed “I inserted in the bill.”

-          Doug

 

Douglas Johnson, President

National Demographics Corporation

djohnson at NDCresearch.com

310-200-2058 

 

 


On Sep 18, 2014, at 6:48 AM, "Craig Holman" <holman at aol.com> wrote:

Good Morning, Frank: 

 

If I understand your question correctly, you're asking about section 527 political organizations. Following the 2000 section 527 disclosure law, which was vastly enhanced in 2002 by the Brady-Lieberman 527 disclosure law (which requires electronic filing of 527 groups that raise or spend more than $50,000, in a "searchable, sortable and downloadable" format -- a phrase I inserted in the bill), all section 527 groups must disclose donors of $200 or more and expenditures of $500 or more -- including those involved in state and local elections. These groups must register with the IRS, and their contributions and expenditures are disclosed on the IRS web page, unless the political organizations are already subject to comparable disclosures to a state disclosure agency or the FEC.

 

So there is a huge difference between 501(c)s and Section 527s, even Section 527s that are primarily involved in state elections.

 

Craig Holman, Ph.D.
Government Affairs Lobbyist
Public Citizen
215 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
T-(202) 454-5182
C-(202) 905-7413
F-(202) 547-7392
Holman at aol.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Askin <faskin at kinoy.rutgers.edu>
To: Rick Hasen <rhasen at law.uci.edu>
Cc: law-election <law-election at UCI.edu>
Sent: Thu, Sep 18, 2014 12:26 am
Subject: [EL] a query

(s there any real difference in operations between a c(4) and a 537 whose major 
purpose is NOT funding federal elections?  As I uderstand it, Neither has to 
file with the FEC and both have to file with the IRS and list major donors. In 
ether case are the donors publicly available? FRANK
 
 
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