Supreme Court lets Ted Cruz pay himself back money he lent to his campaign – and kick John McCain’s ghost
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court lets Ted Cruz pay himself back money he lent to his campaign – and kick John McCain’s ghost

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court released a ruling on a case regarding Senator Ted Cruz that said removed limits on how much a candidate can pay themselves back when they loan their campaigns money. Mr Cruz’s campaign had begun making payments back to Mr Cruz after that amount of time had lapsed. Mr McCain particularly disdained Mr Cruz, calling him and Senator Rand Paul “wacko birds.” In addition, as HuffPost reported, Mr Cruz will be able to pay himself back $540,000 that he lent his Senate campaign when he ran in 2012. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the court that many candidates lend their campaigns money as a means of jumpstarting their candidacies.

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Trump Sat On $94 Million As His Chosen Candidates Lost The Senate For Republicans
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump Sat On $94 Million As His Chosen Candidates Lost The Senate For Republicans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump hoarded $94 million this election in his various political committees as his anointed candidates lost the Senate for Republicans in tight races where that money might have made the difference between winning and losing. In the end, Trump’s much-publicized burst of spending late in the campaign totaled just $15 million through his new …

Ted Cruz cut himself $555,000 check from his own campaign after favorable SCOTUS ruling: report
2 years, 2 months ago

Ted Cruz cut himself $555,000 check from his own campaign after favorable SCOTUS ruling: report

Raw Story  

On Monday, Business Insider reported that after Sen. Ted Cruz won a Supreme Court case eliminating a 2002 campaign finance law, he cut himself a $555,000 check from his own campaign, a self-payment that would not have been legal prior to the decision. "However, the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act — championed by the late Republican Sen. John McCain of …

Supreme Court rules for Sen. Cruz in campaign finance case
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court rules for Sen. Cruz in campaign finance case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided Monday with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and struck down a provision of federal campaign finance law, a ruling that a dissenting justice said runs the risk of causing “further disrepute” to American politics. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority that the provision “burdens core political speech without proper …

How Ted Cruz gets around a key campaign finance rule
2 years, 9 months ago

How Ted Cruz gets around a key campaign finance rule

Salon  

Under U.S. campaign finance law, candidates can directly donate no more than $2000 per election to other candidates. But Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, journalist Roger Sollenberger reports in the Daily Beast, found a way around that when he "poured a staggering $137,183 into the House campaign for Cassy Garcia, his former staffer turned Texas congressional candidate." "Along the way, …

Justices seem sympathetic to Cruz in campaign finance case
2 years, 11 months ago

Justices seem sympathetic to Cruz in campaign finance case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday seemed sympathetic to Sen. Ted Cruz in a challenge the Texas Republican brought to a provision of campaign finance law limiting the repayment of federal candidates’ loans to their campaigns. The provision says that if a candidate loans his or her campaign money before an election, the campaign cannot …

High court adds 5 cases, including one brought by Ted Cruz
3 years, 3 months ago

High court adds 5 cases, including one brought by Ted Cruz

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday added five new cases to its calendar for the term that begins next week, among them a challenge to federal election law brought by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Cruz, a former Supreme Court clerk, loaned his campaign $260,000 during his successful 2018 bid for reelection, when he defeated Beto O’Rourke. The …

Ted Cruz Sues Federal Election Commission
5 years, 9 months ago

Ted Cruz Sues Federal Election Commission

NPR  

Ted Cruz Sues Federal Election Commission Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images A new lawsuit by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, targets an obscure provision of campaign finance law. He said, "It should not matter whether the donor makes that contribution before Election Day or after Election Day to retire the politician's personal campaign loan." Cruz …

Ted Cruz named one of most "vulnerable" senators; Texas race now a toss-up
6 years, 3 months ago

Ted Cruz named one of most "vulnerable" senators; Texas race now a toss-up

Salon  

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has landed on Roll Call's Top 10 Most Vulnerable Senators list, and had his re-election race moved into the “toss-up” column by the Cook Political Report this week. The Cook Political Report also moved Cruz's race into the “toss-up” column. Trump White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney recently admitted that the GOP may be looking …

Ted Cruz picks a Twitter fight with Stephen King but won't debate Beto O'Rourke
6 years, 6 months ago

Ted Cruz picks a Twitter fight with Stephen King but won't debate Beto O'Rourke

Salon  

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, may claim to be hard-pressed to find the time to debate his Democratic opponent, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, ahead of the midterm election, but he apparently has plenty of time to waste on a war of words with popular horror novelist Stephen King. While Cruz's back and forth with King may seem like a harmless diversion, it …

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