[EL] “Senate votes to overturn Trump administration donor disclosure rule for ‘dark money’ groups”

[Aprill, Ellen]

Here is an empirical study from January 2016 of activities of section 501(c)(4) organizations:


https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/77226/2000594-From-Camps-to-Campaign-Funds-The-History-Anatomy-and-Activities-of-501(c)(4)-Organizations.pdf


<https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/77226/2000594-From-Camps-to-Campaign-Funds-The-History-Anatomy-and-Activities-of-501(c)(4)-Organizations.pdf>Ellen



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Ellen P. Aprill

John E. Anderson Professor of Tax Law

Loyola Law School

919 Albany Street

Los Angeles, CA 90015

213-736-1157

https://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=231928


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From: Law-election <law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu> on behalf of Sean Parnell <sparnell at philanthropyroundtable.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 7:34 AM
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Fixed the lede, in red. There are about 1.6 million nonprofits in the US, two-thirds or so of which are 501c3 charitable organizations. Most of the half-million or so c4, c5, c6, etc. groups in the country engage in negligible political activity, at least if that term here means election-related.



Sean



“Senate votes to overturn Trump administration donor disclosure rule for ‘dark money’ groups”<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102798>

Posted on December 12, 2018 8:44 pm<https://electionlawblog.org/?p=102798> by Rick Hasen<https://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo:<https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-votes-to-overturn-trump-administration-donor-disclosure-rule-for-dark-money-groups/2018/12/12/92d8d93a-fe3d-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?utm_term=.43d09aa32253>

The Senate on Wednesday voted 50 to 49 to overturn a Trump administration policy that allows politically active nonprofits other than 501(c3) charitable organizations to withhold from the government the identities of their donors. Some of the nonprofits covered by the new policy are politically active, and the vote underscores a growing unease among Democrats over the influence of wealthy donors and foreign actors in U.S. elections.

The Senate move is unlikely to survive the GOP-led House, which must vote on the resolution before the end of the year, or receive the support of President Trump, whose Treasury Department enacted the rule earlier this year.

Still, Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), who pushed for the resolution, cheered the vote, which was made possible with unanimous support from Democratic senators and the backing of one moderate Republican senator, Susan Collins of Maine.

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