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Feb 17, 2023 · The bill would require groups spending money in elections and on judicial nominations to disclose their donors, exposing the influence of billionaires and special interests. Whitehouse and Cicilline lead 162 colleagues in introducing the legislation, which President Biden supports and Republicans oppose.
Oct 18, 2022 · The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court. Hardcover – October 18, 2022. by Sheldon Whitehouse (Author), Jennifer Mueller (Author) 4.7 228 ratings. See all formats and editions.
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Feb 6, 2024 · The End Tax Breaks for Dark Money Act would close a loophole in the tax code that allows billionaires to avoid capital gains taxes on appreciated assets donated to dark money organizations, a tactic that has been increasingly used to funnel billionaire dark money into the American political system. The bill is endorsed by several advocacy groups and aims to stem the flood of corrupting dark money in American democracy.
Nov 20, 2021 · Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is fighting to end the "dark money" that he says is plaguing the Supreme Court. The Rhode Island Democrat is referring to private groups using anonymous donations to...
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Jan 29, 2022 · Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, who has sponsored legislation to crack down on secret spending, said the proliferation of dark money has unleashed a “tsunami of...
Mar 11, 2021 · Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse chairs a subcommittee to investigate the influence of anonymous political donations on the court. He accuses conservative groups of a \"covert operation\" and calls for transparency, while Republicans defend their First Amendment rights.
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Sep 11, 2019 · To influence the court’s composition, Whitehouse said, a combined $34 million in "dark money" went toward both blocking President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland and...
