BigMoneyOutVA

#Virginia is an outlier on a national scale when it comes to campaign finance law, placing no limits on the amount that corporations, wealthy individuals, and PACs can spend in our elections. Wanna help us return #powertothepeople? Take action at bigmoneyoutva.org

Virginia lawmakers left Richmond without the budget after leadership of the House refused to budge in their position to protect tax breaks for data centers. Lawmakers will come back to the table in 1 month to continue the negotiation. Tell our elected leaders to tax Big Tech! cleanvirginia.org/act/tax-big-te…

The inside story of how the FEC investigated a dark money group but failed to hold it accountable citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

Three Decades Waiting: Virginia Still Fails on Campaign Finance Reform. As our legislative session comes to a close, Virginia legislators have once again failed to pass meaningful campaign finance reform. bit.ly/4sgiEEO

Thanks to all of your who came to my farewell happy hour! It has been awesome and I hope that eventually Virginia will actually pass some reasonable campaign finance bills! Heading off to PA to enact good governance legislation there.

There's a new wedge issue playing out in Senate Dem primaries politi.co/4cLpeya via @politico

.@texfischer tells @ClementsJeff that states must have the authority to set rules on campaign finance and election spending. 📽️ youtu.be/dU-eW558S_A

Virginia campaign reporting database corrected, still no answer to who bankrolled ‘Jim Crow’ mailer cardinalnews.org/2026/03/11/vir… via @cardinalnewsva

Typical!!!!!‘You’re being a hypocrite’: Democratic U.S. Senate candidates debate campaign finance dailynorthwestern.com/?p=317044

A bit disappointing but it is a step in the right direction. Thanks to @salimforva Lawmakers in Richmond wanted that political ads include a disclosure if they were made with AI. But that effort was changed into a new, speedy defamation review. wvtf.org/news/2026-03-0…

🚨 @nytimes reports billionaires gave 19% of federal campaign contributions in 2024, up from 15%. More states are pushing a constitutional amendment to restore rule-making power. 🔗nyti.ms/4b1o5kT

Bill requires candidates to raise at least half their money within Georgia – WABE wabe.org/bill-requires-…

Typical!Oregon%20Legislature%20passes%20campaign%20finance%20bill%20over%20good%20government%20pushback https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ijpr.org%2Fpolitics-government%2F2026-03-06%2Foregon-legislature-passes-campaign-finance-bill-over-good-government-pushback

Trigger laws enabled some states to ban abortion the second the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now Virginia is considering one that would limit political spending if the Court ever overturns Citizen United. bit.ly/3OYOEOV

Senator @RussetPerry explains why lawmakers should eliminate a $1.9 billion tax break for Big Tech’s data centers. That’s money that could go to healthcare, childcare and education. Contact Governor Spanberger and the lawmakers on the budget committee in support of eliminating this massive corporate giveaway today.

BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel appears to have abused government funds for personal travel unrelated to his official duties at least 10 times, including a recent trip to the Olympics. We filed a complaint and are demanding an investigation. campaignlegal.org/update/clc-cal…

I agree but the danger is that the way the bill is written, it could ptoentially restrict any state introduction in limits, dark money disclosure until Citizens United and 50 years of other SCOTUS ruling are overturned. Thanks @BrennanCenter brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

No Referee in the Midterms? Trump’s FEC Nominations Come After 10 Months of Zero Federal Oversight ivn.us/posts/no-refer…

Companies see up to 700�20return on political investments phys.org/news/2026-02-c… via @physorg_com

Thanks👍Delegate Glass @jackie4norfolk who raised the issue of corporate donations to VA legislators (...Dominion Energy at $20 million)! She had a great bill (HB1447) but, of course, leadership wouldn't allow it to be heard. Shameful @SpeakerDonScott #PeopleNotCorporations