Category: Campaign Finance
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U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney mum about fat fees paid to White House Counsel’s ex-law firm
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
From last July to March, the campaign committee for freshman Florida Congressman Francis Rooney paid roughly $117,000 to the former law firm of White House Counsel Donald McGahn II. However, neither Rooney nor McGahn are answering questions about the payments. -
Owners at South Beach’s Shelborne fight $30 million assessments, foreclosure
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
For the past four years, about 40 investors and snowbirds who own 42 rooms in a landmark oceanfront art deco hotel have been locked in a pitched court battle with one of Miami Beach’s most politically connected families to keep their units. -
Study: New members of Congress rely on special interest money once in Washington
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Nearly five-dozen newly elected members of Congress collectively raised $17.3 million in special interest money during their first year in office – increasing their reliance on contributions from single-issue political action committees, according to a new government watchdog report. -
Marco Rubio’s campaign racks up inquiries about prohibited contributions
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
In what has become a regular habit for Marco Rubio’s campaigns, the Federal Elections Commission has again flagged the senator’s presidential committee for possibly skirting federal law limiting the types and amounts of donations it can receive. -
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Ted Cruz’s Senate campaign refuses to disclose true source of loans
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
While Ted Cruz was barnstorming Florida last week, the treasurer for his 2012 U.S. Senate bid was refusing to answer a routine inquiry by the Federal Elections Commission to determine where the Texas Republican got the money to loan his Senate campaign as much as $1,000,000. -
Advertising mogul threw fundraiser for chairman’s wife amid Broward Health deals
By Buddy Nevins and Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Just seven weeks after signing a $2.1 million-a-year no-bid contract with Broward Health, advertising executive Jordan Zimmerman threw a political fundraiser for the wife of the hospital district’s chairman.
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