Lee Fang is a researcher. He writes for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org.
Background
Lee's hometown is in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Lee attended college at the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated with a B.A. in Government and Politics.[1]
Media and Political Experience
Lee was an intern with ThinkProgress and also a researcher for Progressive Accountability. During his undergrad, Lee also interned for Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH), Media Matters, and Westin Rinehart.[1]
United State Chamber of Commerce controversy
On October 5, 2010, Fang wrote a story on ThinkProgress.Org which stated that the United States Chamber of Commerce funded attack campaigns from its general fund which solicits foreign funding. The article cited the opinion of legal experts who stated that the chamber is "likely skirting longstanding campaign finance law that bans the involvement of foreign corporations in American elections."[2]
Fang's article immediately attracted media attention. A day after its publication, the New York Times published an op-ed that raised concerns about whether or not campaign finance laws were being violated with the "commingling of secret foreign money" into the United States Chamber of Commerce.[3]
On October 7, 2010, President Obama said in a speech that "Just this week, we learned that one of the largest groups paying for these ads regularly takes in money from foreign corporations... so groups that receive foreign money are spending huge sums to influence American elections.”[4] The New York Times wrote, "[T]here is little evidence that what the chamber does in collecting overseas dues is improper or even unusual, according to both liberal and conservative election-law lawyers and campaign finance documents".[5]
References
- ^ a b "Lee Fang". Center for American Progress.
- ^ Fang, Lee. "Exclusive: Foreign-Funded 'U.S.' Chamber of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads". ThinkProgress.Org.
- ^ "Clean and Open American Elections". The New York Times. 6 October 2010.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric (8 October 2010). "Topic of Foreign Money in U.S. Races Hits Hustings". New York Times.
- ^ Lichtblau, Eric. "Topic of Foreign Money in U.S. Races Hits Hustings". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
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