Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 2:57:07 GMT -6
Republican leadership in the West Virginia Senate stalled their own proposal to increase campaign contribution limits after Democrats successfully amended the bill to also require increased disclosure by “dark money” groups that spend money on elections without disclosing their funders.
The bill, as originally written, would have increased the maximum allowable contribution to candidates for state office from $1,000 per candidate, per election, to $2,700.
But Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee amended a compromise into the bill (SB 408). They would accept the increased contribution limits, which they weren’t crazy about, if Republicans agreed to requirements on “dark money” groups designed to prevent situations where organizations funnel money between each other in order to mask the original source of the money.
Two Republican senators, Sen. Bob Ashley, R-Roane, and Sen. Ed Gaunch, R-Kanawha, voted with every Democrat on the committee to add the disclosure requirements to the bill.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160208/wv-senate-gop-stalls-campaign-finance-bill-after-dem-amendments
The bill, as originally written, would have increased the maximum allowable contribution to candidates for state office from $1,000 per candidate, per election, to $2,700.
But Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee amended a compromise into the bill (SB 408). They would accept the increased contribution limits, which they weren’t crazy about, if Republicans agreed to requirements on “dark money” groups designed to prevent situations where organizations funnel money between each other in order to mask the original source of the money.
Two Republican senators, Sen. Bob Ashley, R-Roane, and Sen. Ed Gaunch, R-Kanawha, voted with every Democrat on the committee to add the disclosure requirements to the bill.
See more at: www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160208/wv-senate-gop-stalls-campaign-finance-bill-after-dem-amendments