[EL] Nonprofit Masks Source of Ads Backing Rubio

[Sean Parnell]

“open to that idea” is not quite the same as support for one specific piece of legislation that aligns with that idea to one degree or another.

 

 

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management, LLC

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

Alexandria, Virginia

 

 

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Tyler Creighton
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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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 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76604> “Nonprofit Masks Source of Ads Backing Rubio”


Posted on  <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=76604> October 12, 2015 7:32 am by  <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/us/politics/nonprofit-masks-dark-money-ads-backing-marco-rubio.html?ref=politics> NYT:

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 “ <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> super PAC” 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  <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier> super PACs, the nonprofit — which has raised more than $18 million — will never be required to disclose anything about its donors.

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