Big money spending on elections is not limited to federal elections; in California, more than $31 million in independent election spending was poured into the 2020 Assembly and Senate races.

On December 16, 2022, California Assembly Member Alex Lee introduced AB 83 which would enact the "Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act. Six months later he requested that the bill be ...

Voting booths are seen. MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images. It is undeniable—foreign agents and individuals, with agendas of their own, can affect our electoral process, and by extension, our daily ...

"Our reform to stop foreign money from exerting influence on California elections is needed to plug this giant loophole in Citizens United." That loophole was created in the U.S. Supreme Court ...

The case stems from a complaint lodged with the six-member Federal Election Commission by a California-based AIDS advocacy group, which pushed a successful 2012 ballot initiative requiring actors ...

Dear Assembly Member Lee: I write in strong support of A.B. 83, the Get Foreign Money Out of California Elections Act, of which the Center for American Progress is a proud “co-sponsor.” ...

APT pointed to a loophole in many states’ election laws which they claim allowed foreign citizens to donate to 501(c)(4) nonprofit organizations and for those organizations to then spend money ...

America’s Founders were rightly worried about foreign powers influencing our democracy. The Constitution bans anyone who holds “any office of profit or trust” from accepting any foreign ...

"Foreign donors shouldn't be influencing our elections, no matter whether it's at the federal, state, or local level, said Rep. Katie Porter.