The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a money-in-politics watchdog group, has filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz violated the upper chamber's ban on members taking honoraria for speeches or other appearances.
The new complaint, which follows a separate filing made last week, accuses Cruz of violating the a federal ban on honoraria for senators who give speeches or make appearances.with the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz violated the upper chamber's ban on members taking honoraria for speeches or other appearances.
"This deal has seemed questionable since it was announced, and as more information has come to light, it's raised even larger concerns," Danielle Caputo, the CLC's legal counsel for ethics, told thein which the group and fellow watchdog End Citizens United asked the Federal Elections Commission to look into the same transaction between Cruz and iHeartMedia. The groups said the deal violates a U.S.
"The reason this was banned was that people became aware their elected officials were collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars directly from public interest groups for speeches and appearances," she said."That raised serious questions about the kind of influence those groups have over them."making a federal filing that may shine more light on the transaction. In paperwork, he asked to move back the May 15 filing deadline for his U.S. Senate Financial Disclosures until Aug.
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