A House panel is expanding its investigation into whether the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue may be skirting or violating federal campaign finance laws.
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Administration Committee, launched the probe last fall amid allegations that ActBlue was facilitating the funneling of unlawful contributions to political committees across the country.
One of the committee’s initial findings was that ActBlue does not require online donors using a credit or debit card to provide a card verification value (CVV), a code meant to prevent fraudulent transactions.
Steil is now asking the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to change that….