Top Democrats are “sounding the alarm about spending by outside conservative groups, even as skeptics question whether their anxiety is genuine or simply a tactic to turbo-charge their own fundraising efforts.” The Hill,
“Senate Democrats are pushing two initiatives. The Disclose Act of 2014 would require any advocacy group that spends $10,000 or more on election ads to disclose its donors to the Federal Election Commission within 24 hours…
“Privately, however, Democrats are less worried than they appear at press conferences and hearings, in large part because liberal groups have stepped up their game in the past four years…
“Meanwhile, even some on the left admit that one of the prime purposes of the complaints about “dark money” is to prompt liberal donors to open their checkbooks.”
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