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DC Council Passes Bill Limiting Corporate Campaign Donations

DC Council Passes Bill Limiting Corporate Campaign Donations

By Julie Guan December 7, 2018

Corporations that currently hold or seek to hold government contracts worth at least $250,000 will no longer be permitted to make political campaign donations under new Washington, D.C. Council legislation...

Bowser Accused of Accepting Illegal Campaign Funds

By Marina Pitofsky March 24, 2017

Democracy Is For People, a campaign finance oversight group, filed a complaint with the Washington, D.C. Office of Campaign Finance on March 7 alleging that Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) illegally accepted more...

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Four Georgetown faculty and staff contributed to Donald Trump’s campaign, while 121 donors gave 555 contributions to Hillary Clinton.

Faculty, Staff Donors Largely Back Clinton

By Jeff Cirillo October 28, 2016

Eighty-five percent of Georgetown faculty and staff’s presidential campaign contributions went to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, while 0.6 percent went to Republican presidential...

Campaign Finance Reform on Table

By Joanie Greve November 5, 2013

The D.C. Council heard Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie’s (D-Ward 5) campaign-finance reform bill, a legislation package to close loopholes and increase transparency nearly two years in the making in response...

Miller: Ads Versus Ground Game in Fight for 270

By Hannah Miller August 28, 2012

The Republican presidential ticket is complete and the official nomination just a day away, yet it remains unclear which candidate will have the edge in this election. If the 2008 campaign showed anything,...

Councilmembers Subpoenaed

By Zosia Dunn March 20, 2012

Several D.C. council members were subpoenaed last week as part of a U.S. Attorney’s Office investigation into campaign contributions by prominent D.C. businessman Jeffrey Thompson. Thompson, who has...

Gray Election Probe Heats Up

By Braden McDonald October 18, 2011

Fresh evidence has renewed an ongoing federal investigation into alleged misconduct by the election campaign of D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray last fall. On Oct. 15, The Washington Post reported that authorities...

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