Political Spending

A common refrain from proponents of greater speech regulation is that Americans spend “too much money on politics.” In the 2016 election cycle, “too ...

Proponents of greater speech regulation often argue that candidates and groups who spend more money on elections have an unfair advantage, and, therefore, that ...

Imagine a scenario: A politician runs for office promising to focus on a specific issue that is a priority for thousands, if not millions, ...

Sometimes people ask why the Institute for Free Speech should be so concerned with protecting the rights of individuals to make expenditures and contributions ...

On Wednesday, the Brookings Institution hosted an event entitled “Democracy at risk: Solving critical problems threatening U.S. elections.” It was billed as a discussion ...

Last Wednesday, Issue One, a group that advocates for more government regulation of political speech, held an event at the Center for Strategic and ...

It may shock you to learn that the multimillionaire co-founder of a global ice-cream empire has been meeting with elected officials in the hopes ...

Issue One’s series of interviews with former lawmakers continued last week with a discussion featuring Charlie Bass, a Republican Congressman from New Hampshire from ...

Every American knows about the right to free speech. It’s a principle that is deeply ingrained into us from a young age. It’s also ...

How transparent is political spending in the United States? Data from the 2016 election cycle may surprise you. So-called “dark money” actually went down, ...