This question became particularly relevant after the abuses of the Watergate affair came to light in the early 1970's, and prompted the first serious reform of the campaign finance system.

The Campaign Finance API includes information about electronic filings, which are submitted to the Federal Election Commission on nearly every day of the year. The API, which originated at ...

Friday’s campaign-finance deadline brought a trove of new data to the Federal Election Commission. Candidates, incumbents, super PACs and party committees gave a clear picture of how their ...

“I work with two dozen congressmen ... or honest in any way,” Saurav Ghosh the director of the federal campaign finance reform program at CLC said at the time. Datwyler’s former attorney ...