campaign finance

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The Washington Employment Association (WEA) is the exclusive bargaining agent for 70,000 Washington state educational employees. Washington State Public Disclosure Commission v. Washington Education Association (WEA), 130 P.3d 352, 354 (2006...

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In order to guard against actual and apparent quid pro quo corruption, Congress promulgated federal campaign financing restrictions through the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (“FECA”). Ted Cruz for Senate v. Fed. Election Comm’n (“Ted Cruz for...

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Congress enacted the Federal Election Campaign Act (“FECA”) of 1971 to increase accountability and fairness in political campaigns. See McCutcheon v. FEC, 893 F.Supp 2d 133, 134–35 (D.D.C. 2012). In 1974, Congress amended FECA to include limits on...