[EL] Nonprofit Masks Source of Ads Backing Rubio

[Tyler Creighton]

>
> Pressed on whether he believes they should reveal their funding, Mr. Rubio
> said: “I think they should follow the law. *And if people want to change
> the law to provide disclosures for groups that participate in the political
> process, I’m open to that idea, but that’s not the law right now*.”


I guess Sen. Rubio has been under a rock for the past 5 years or, more
likely, has conveniently forgotten that he voted against the DISCLOSE Act
in 2012 <http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20120804/OPINION02/120809969> and
that he has never spoken out against his caucus trying to block the SEC,
IRS and President Obama from increasing disclosure
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/06/25/appropriations-bill-hobbling-campaign-disclosure-advances-as-white-house-considers-executive-order/>
.

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“Nonprofit Masks Source of Ads Backing Rubio”
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76604>
> Posted on October 12, 2015 7:32 am <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76604>
> by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> NYT
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/us/politics/nonprofit-masks-dark-money-ads-backing-marco-rubio.html?ref=politics>
> :
>
> But as the fall campaign unfolds, voters in states like New Hampshire and
> Iowa have been left largely in the dark about who is putting the most money
> behind Mr. Rubio. Of all the television advertisements aired in support of
> the Florida senator so far this year — $5.5 million worth — none have been
> paid for by Mr. Rubio’s own campaign. Even the “super PAC
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>”
> supporting him has not yet spent a dime on ads.
>
> Instead, the money has flowed through a political nonprofit group called
> the Conservative Solutions Project, formed by a former Rubio aide and now
> overseen in part by a Republican strategist who is close to Mr. Rubio’s
> campaign manager.
>
> Unlike candidates and super PACs
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier>,
> the nonprofit — which has raised more than $18 million — will never be
> required to disclose anything about its donors.
>
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