Talk:Ellen Weintraub

POV

"Dauster" is presumably Bill Dauster, the subjects husband. I'm not sure he should be editing this page, particularly to add POV commentary under "controversies,"EABSE (talk) EABSE (talk) 07:58, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

"EBASE" is a user without a user page and thus an anonymous user who has been seeking to delete content identifying sources for attacks in the article.

No, I'm just deleting the biased POV language. The factual informtaion and citation remain. You are Bill Dauster, right? Should you be editing your wife's page to slant it in favor of her political views? EABSE (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:55, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

The language in the article added by the anonymous editor "Alt FEC" is a biased right-wing POV attack. Balance requires identifying the source of the attack in the right-wing front group that was its source, notwithstanding the repeated attempts of the anonymous editor "EBASE" to delete identification of the source. An anonymous editor with a plainly apparent POV to attack the subject of the article as no right to go unedited. Is "EBASE" = "Alt FEC"? Since both are anonymous, one cannot know. -- Dauster (talk) 02:16, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Dauster--the spouse of the subject of this entry--continues to insist on including POV language from what is a "Biased or opinionated source" per Wikipedia guidelines. That is the type of editing that damages Wikipedia's credibility.EABSE (talk) 20:28, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

"EBASE"--an anonymous user-- continues to try to delete information disclosing the identity of a biased attack on the subject of the article by an anonymous user. -- Dauster (talk) 21:44, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Does "EBASE" work for the Koch Brothers? for Senator McConnell? for a Republican Member of the FEC? We don't know because EBASE is anonymous, without a user page. -- Dauster (talk) 21:52, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Dauster: The answer to your questions are no, no, and no. As you know, most wikipedia editors, even those with user pages, are anonymous or pseudonymous. I edit many pages and my goal is to acheive information, balance and accuracy in Wikipedia. People can read my edits, including the mild one proposed here, and make a fair judgment. The Wikipedia rules for citing an opinion source (and citing it for a matter of opinion) such as Media Matters is to attribute the comment to Media Matters in the text, not as a statement of fact. Moreover, the Media Matters article you cite does not describe Cause of Action as a "Koch Brothers Front." So I am going to try this one other way. If you can't live with that, you should take this up with an administrator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EABSE (talk • contribs) 22:56, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, EABSE, for working to preserve the information in both edits. -- Dauster (talk) 01:25, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

NRA and Russia!?

Weintraub was on Rachel Maddow, there was "resistance" by her Republican colleagues to allow so much as a phone call to the FBI to inquire about an investigation into whether Russian money donated to the NRA was for the Donald Trump 2016 campaign (Maria Butina case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t--r_sqw-Uw --93.211.215.218 (talk) 23:42, 18 August 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Money and Politics

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 August 2023 and 14 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Regina.valensia (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Kenia Cameron.

— Assignment last updated by Tuk28507 (talk) 18:55, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Greater disclosure of political ads

Is this related to the DISCLOSE ACT or Stand By Your Ad provision of BCRA? If so, might want to add a link to those wikipedia articles. Regina.valensia (talk) 20:45, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Proposed additions for existing sections

Weintraub received a recess appointment to the Federal Election Commission on December 6, 2002, and took office on December 9, 2002. She was renominated on January 9, 2003, and confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate on March 18, 2003. Shortly after her arrival at the FEC, Weintraub was elected Chair of the Commission for 2003. She is the third woman to serve on the Commission, following Republicans Lee Ann Elliott and Joan Aikens. In June 2008, two more women, Democrat Cynthia L. Bauerly and Republican Caroline C. Hunter, joined Weintraub on the Commission.

Weintraub has been vocal about the need for strong regulations in campaign finance - especially to curb "soft money" influences and upholding governmental authority to deter corruption in election campaigns.[1]

In July 2013, while Weintraub was serving as Chair, the Commission ruled that legally married same-sex couples must be treated the same as opposite-sex couples under election law.

In March 2016, following the Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC, Weintraub published an op-ed in the New York Times where she expressed the dangers of foreign national interests - by way of corporations, who most likely have international shareholders - intruding upon American politics via campaigning. [2] She also appeared before Judiciary Committee in February 2020 to testify about Citizens United on campaign finance, opining for regulations on super PACs.[3]

In February 2017, Weintraub called on President Donald Trump to reveal his evidence of voter fraud after the president claimed that it caused him and former Senator Kelly Ayotte to lose in New Hampshire in the 2016 U.S. election. “The scheme the President of the United States alleges would constitute thousands of felony criminal offences under New Hampshire law,” Weintraub said in a statement printed on FEC letterhead. As a result, an organization funded by the Koch brothers, Cause of Action, issued a statement calling for her to be investigated for ethics violations. Weintraub subsequently defended her actions and maintained that the alleged fraud would constitute a violation of federal campaign finance laws, which is germane to her position as a FEC commissioner. After Trump repeated these claims at an August campaign rally in 2019, Weintraub wrote a letter asking Trump to produce evidence of his assertions.

During 2017, Weintraub championed greater disclosure of political ads on the internet, and helped move the FEC to open a rulemaking on the matter with bipartisan support. Due to the growing influence of super PACS and corporate spending following Citizens United, she stated that the influx of contributions from these sources could lead to fraudulent activity, in which corporations will find new loopholes that skirt around reporting regulations.[3]

References

Weintraub, Ellen L. (2004-06). "Perspectives on Corruption". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 3 (2): 354–359. doi:10.1089/153312904322907937. ISSN 1533-1296.  {{cite journal}}: Empty citation (help): Check date values in: |date= (help)
Weintraub, Ellen L. (2016-03-30). "Opinion | Taking On Citizens United". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
Weintraub, Ellen (02/16/2020). [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2020-02_ELW_Written_testimony_-_House_Judiciary_-_Constitution_Subcommittee_FINAL.pdf "Citizens United at 10: The Consequences for Democracy and Potential Responses by Congress"] (PDF). FEC.gov. Retrieved 09/14/23.  {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help): Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Regina.valensia (talk • contribs) 19:50, 26 September 2023 (UTC) 

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