Topic - Federal Election Commission

• Hoyer, O'Donnell top Maryland's 5th District fundraisers

  Rep. Steny Hoyer and state Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell are the only 5th District primary candidates with any significant campaign funds, according to year-end financial reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.

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  Foreign donations at risk in super PAC landscape

  Money pouring into the presidential election from super political action committees and nonprofit campaign groups appears so far to be strictly American in origin, donated by U.S. companies, unions and millionaires. But it's easier than ever to conceal the source of money and the identities of contributors, making conditions ripe for illegal donations from foreigners, overseas companies or governments attempting to help a favored candidate for the White House.

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  Paul, Obama collect most military donations to run

  Enlisted personnel and civilian military employees are donating more to presidential campaigns than in previous elections, and they overwhelmingly prefer two candidates: Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican presidential contender opposed to using U.S. forces as the "world's police," and President Obama.

• The super PAC to end all super PACs?

  In a sign that super PACs are the new normal, two highly unlikely groups established the vehicles known for unlimited corporate contributions last week: an Occupy Wall Street super PAC and another created to run ads opposing — super PACs.

• Democrats spend, raise big money In Maryland's 6th District

  With the primary election three months away, the Democratic candidates in the 6th District congressional race have been raising and spending big bucks, proving just how competitive the Republican-held district has become after redistricting.

• Colbert's Super PAC has raised over $1 million

  Stephen Colbert's sway in the presidential election might be a joke, but he's got some real financial muscle.

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  Colbert super PAC raises more than $1 million

  A comedian's political action committee raised more than a million dollars in a few months in small donations from television viewers who responded to a gag about supposed noncoordination of candidates and the newly allowed unlimited-contribution accounts that jumped from behind the glass to become very real.

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  Public employees union heaps cash into GOP ad attacks on Romney

  An unlikely combatant has jumped into the big-money battle between independent groups running ads weighing in on the Republican presidential primary: a national union representing public employees.

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  HUNTER: Sizing up the superPACs

  Jan. 21 marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Already controversial at the time it was issued, the ruling has taken center stage in the debate over superPACs' role in the race for the White House.

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  Colbert PAC hits Romney with 'killer' ad

  A political group established as a joke is seriously spending money on the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina.

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  Watchdogs to Obama: Fix the FEC

  As a multimillion dollar barrage of negative attack ads hits South Carolina Republican primary voters — bloodying GOP candidates in the process — a coalition of watchdog groups has launched a petition to try to re-energize the agency charged with policing campaigns.

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  Gingrich ad buys not confirmed with FEC

  Claims by a pro-Newt Gingrich "super PAC" that it made $3.4 million in ad buys in South Carolina are not borne out in Federal Election Commission records, The Washington Times has found.

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  Metro Briefs

  The Republican Caucus for the Maryland House on Tuesday unanimously re-elected Minority Leader Anthony O'Donnell and Minority Whip Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio.

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  No major takers for federal campaign funds

  Not a single major candidate has signed up to take taxpayer-supported matching funds for his presidential campaign this year, signaling the death of the system that had controlled campaigns since the Watergate era.

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  Super-PAC shifts to Romney

  A political group that had previously planned to back Rep. Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign instead has poured nearly a half-million dollars into efforts to elect former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

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