Super PACs have been pushing the boundaries of election law this year, with many of the Federal Election Commission members unwilling to enforce regulations.
The group doesn’t need to disclose any donors and can accept unlimited donations.
Coleman is chair of a conservative non-profit that is expected to funnel tens of millions of dollars into the 2012 elections.
Cravaack has also garnered financial support for U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s PAC.
Citizens for Ethics in Washington filed an IRS complaint against former Sen. Norm Coleman’s American Action Network Tuesday alleging that the group violated its 501(c)4 status by working to elect Republicans. CREW posits that AAN used its tax status to protect Republican donors from disclosure and spent the majority of its resources on political campaigns instead of educational activities, as required under the law.
Former Sen. Norm Colman, whose conservative 501(c)4 group American Action Network shares an office building with Karl Rove-brainchildren American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, is drawing some flack here in Minnesota for reneging on his previous support for banning soft money in politics and his disavowal of negative advertising.
The American Action Network, a Washington, D.C.-based 501 (c)(4) “social welfare organization” run by former Sen. Norm Coleman, is running a television ad in Tampa and the Florida panhandle targeting Gov. Charlie Crist for changing positions on various policies. The…
Former Sen. Norm Coleman has been hitting the trail to promote the new think tank he’s heading up. The American Action Network hopes to take advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning rules about political giving by corporations, Coleman…
According to the Wall Street Journal, former Sen. Norm Coleman and Karl Rove are among big Republican names attached to a new political organizing group called the American Action Network.
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