Mike Lee

FEC To Tell Mike Lee He Can't Form His Very Own Super PAC

Ryan J. Reilly | November 23, 2011, 5:02PM

The Federal Election Commission is set to tell Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), a member of the Tea Party Caucus, that he can't become the first politician in the country to form his very own "super PAC" during their public meeting next week.

A draft ruling posted by the FEC on Wednesday in response to a request for an advisory opinion Lee filed last month would deny the Utah Republican and his leadership PAC, the Constitutional Conservatives Fund PAC, the ability to create a separate account for unlimited contributions -- or "soft money" -- used to fuel independent expenditure ads.

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Topics: Campaign Contributions, Campaign Donations, Campaign Finance, FEC, Federal Election Commission, Mike Lee, Super PAC

Common Sense Issues

Push Poll Group Returns: Says Senator Supports 'Health Care For Homosexuals'

Zachary Roth | April 1, 2010, 10:13AM

They're baaaaaack!

Long-time readers may remember Common Sense Issues, a group that gained brief notoriety during the 2008 GOP presidential primary for launching a massive barrage of push poll calls in support of Mike Huckabee. One typical call claimed that John McCain supported "experiments on unborn babies."

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Topics: Bob Bennett, Common Sense Issues, Health Care, John McCain, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Mike Lee