The Supreme Court sent back to a lower court a case originating from the 2008 presidential election, challenging Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosure rules. A 527 organization, the Real Truth About Obama (RTAO), wanted to sponsor ads covering President Obama's record on abortion and other issues. After the group lost their appeal of a federal district court decision, RTAO requested the Supreme Court to review the case.

9 PM UPDATE: Fixes title of Keith Recine.

WASHINGTON — Federal election officials have cleared Lew Oliver of any wrongdoing after investigating a complaint against the Orange County Republican Party chairman that alleged he misused campaign funds and illegally mixed state and federal campaign contributions.

A Washington ethics watchdog is accusing Sen. David Vitter of accepting illegal campaign contributions from a California dry cleaning company that wanted federal stimulus money.

A watchdog fight has broken out in Washington between outfits at opposite sides of the Supreme Court's recent decision on corporate campaign spending. The latest skirmish is over the name of a Web site.

The Republican National Committee is continuing to send out a misleading fundraising mailer labeled "Census Document," just weeks after Congress passed a law aimed at banning such mailers.

The Federal Election Commission is keeping its options open as it heads into a Thursday meeting when it is slated to decide whether members of Congress can raise soft money for a partisan redistricting committee.

WASHINGTON — Public watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint last week with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against U.S. Dry Cleaning Corp., Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) and the senator's campaign in connection with an alleged violation of campaign-finance laws.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Charles Rangel, admonished by the House Ethics Committee for wrongly taking corporate-sponsored Caribbean junkets, has finally paid for the travel and lodging -- but not out of his own pockets.

(CNN) – Can you imagine a world in which your next congressman is “sponsored” by Pepsi? Or Walmart? Or any corporation for that matter? Well, it may not be so far-fetched.

America’s largest labor unions are not prepared yet to support legislation restricting corporate spending on political campaigns.

In the coming week, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) plan to unveil legislation to close campaign-finance loopholes opened by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. The legislation was written in consultation with the White House.

A bill requiring more disclosure of campaign spending by corporations and unions hasn't been introduced yet, but it already is drawing fire from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which plans to pump at least $50 million into November's congressional elections.

WASHINGTON -- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and a retired Alexandria United Parcel Service worker filed a complaint Thursday with the Federal Election Commission against the U.S. Dry Cleaning Corporation, Sen. David Vitter and the senator's campaign committee.

More than a year after it was required by law, at least 10 sitting lawmakers haven't disclosed to the Federal Election Commission their ties to political action committees, according to a CQ MoneyLine study of contributions disclosure reports.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission Thursday against Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), his campaign and a dry cleaning company.

WASHINGTON -- An ethics watchdog group filed a federal complaint Thursday accusing Republican Sen. David Vitter of accepting illegal campaign contributions from a California dry cleaning company that wanted stimulus money.

WASHINGTON -- Scandal-ridden Sen. John Ensign received only $50 from a single donor during the first three months of this year as the fallout from his extramarital affair continued to take a striking toll.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) released a proposed rulemaking schedule to write new campaign finance regulations in response to multiple recent court decisions. The most predominant cases are the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC and the U.S. Court of Appeals ruling in EMILY's List v. FEC.

A conservative watchdog group filed a complaint Monday with the Federal Election Commission alleging that then-Rep. Eric Massa's campaign violated campaign laws and seeking an investigation into a $40,000 payment to his chief of staff the day after Massa announced his campaign was ending.

A handful of people holding signs and chanting “Give the money back” protested in front of U.S. Sen. David Vitter’s Baton Rouge office Tuesday afternoon.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) are putting the final touches on a bill that would restrict the types of companies that could air campaign ads and require those that did to disclose precisely how much they spent on such ads – and possibly force their CEO’s to appear in them.

The progressive non-profit network Velvet Revolution has filed a disciplinary complaint against Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter with the DC Court of Appeals, asking that she be debarred for providing "misleading statements" under oath.

With the 1st District Republican Convention this weekend, a political fight has erupted over one candidate's campaign finance reports, with an opponent claiming the situation poses a major ethical concern and the candidate saying it is merely a computer glitch.

Tennessee House candidate Ron Kirkland (R) will report a whopping $857,600 in receipts in his first fundraising report this week, but that filing won’t cover the most interesting campaign account devoted to getting Kirkland elected.

Legislation that aims to counteract the landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing corporate and union campaign spending could be introduced by the end of the week.