Daily News | Pa. lawmaker wants more state control over millions in outside spending on federal elections
HARRISBURG — Over the past few years, megadonors and special interest groups have flooded Pennsylvania campaigns with millions of dollars in contributions.
Craig Holman, an expert on campaign finance policy and a lobbyist with the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said states can control super PAC spending on state-level elections, but no one can control their spending at the federal level because of “poor reasoning” from the U.S. Supreme Court. “I believe the General Assembly in this commonwealth should have the ability to regulate the roles and transparency that govern our campaign finance systems,” Schroeder said at a news conference in the Capitol this week.
Candidates competing in both the primary and general election received $120 million from super PACs, of the $170 million raised overall in that election. Cortese said some outside spending comes from dark money groups, which aren’t legally required to publicly disclose their donors. The latest amendment to the U.S. Constitution — the 27th Amendment, which governs congressional pay — took more than 200 years to be ratified.
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