Accountability | Florida
Curbelo Preaches Respect for Journalists but Took Thousands From Colleague Who Assaulted Reporter
In recent days, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., has criticized President Donald Trump’s vitriol toward the media, but campaign-finance records show Curbelo took thousands of dollars from a colleague who physically assaulted a journalist last year. In August. Curbelo took a $2,700 campaign contribution from Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who was charged with assaulting a Guardian reporter attempting to ask him questions on the eve of a special election.
Accountability | Florida
Scott’s PAC Still Taking Potentially Illegal Contributions from Private Prison Company
A super PAC affiliated with Florida Gov. Rick Scott has continued accepting potentially illegal contributions from America's largest private prison company, despite coming under fire for the potential campaign finance law violation earlier this year.
Accountability | New Jersey
Records: Hugin Gave More Than $570K to Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBT Causes
Bob Hugin has consistently claimed to be a “different kind of Republican,” who supports marriage equality and a woman’s right to choose. But campaign-finance and nonprofit records — as well as Hugin’s past rhetoric — tell a different story, showing he and his wife contributed more than $570,000 in the last decade to various anti-abortion and anti-LGBT candidates and organizations across the country.
Accountability | Florida
Watchdog Group Calls for Investigation into Diaz-Balart’s Potential Mortgage Fraud
A government watchdog group formally requested Monday that the Office of Congressional Ethics mount an investigation to discover if Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., committed bank fraud in connection with a pair of mortgages the congressman took out.
Education | Montana
Rosendale Calls to Eliminate Education Department, And the $481M It Sent to Mont. Last Year
Matt Rosendale has called to eliminate the federal Department of Education, which last year provided nearly $500 million for Montana’s students — from kindergarten to college — and helps fund thousands of teaching positions.
Accountability | North Dakota
Cramer’s Support for Voter ID Law Highlights His Fraught Relationship with Tribes
More than 36,000 Native Americans live in North Dakota, constituting the state’s largest minority group as well as a key constituency in the coming midterm elections. But Rep. Kevin Cramer, a third-term Republican running to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, has had run-ins with tribal leaders and is supporting a voter ID law that tribes have said amounts to voter suppression.
Accountability | Kansas
Yoder’s Campaign Has 63 Employees but Has Paid $0 in Payroll Taxes
Rep. Kevin Yoder has avoided paying payroll tax and providing benefits to his campaign employees by classifying them as “consultants,” a decision which, if a deliberate misclassification, could open the campaign to fines and criminal charges.