Monthly Archives: October 2011

Monday’s political law links for Oct. 31st

Posted on October 31, 2011

CANTOR’S FUNDRAISING.  Roll Call.  “Cantor has leveraged about a dozen interlocking campaign committees to run a quasi-party operation around the conservative Young Guns movement he launched with Reps. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Paul Ryan (Wis.). A former Cantor aide, John … Continue reading →

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Have a good day, here are a few political law links for Friday, Oct. 28th

Posted on October 28, 2011

BUNDLERS AND OBAMA.  The Times.  “Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid.” 2012 LOBBYIST GIVING.  … Continue reading →

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Good morning, here are political law links for Thursday, Oct. 27th

Posted on October 27, 2011

MONEY IN POLITICS VIDEO.  Check out Politico’s excellent money in politics video series.  Today’s set of videos features former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission and Wiley Rein partner Michael Toner. EDWARDS AND ENSIGN.  Politico.  “Defense lawyers for former Sen. … Continue reading →

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Political law links for Wed., Oct. 26th

Posted on October 26, 2011

LAWSUIT OVER ELECTION LOSS? Peter Roff writes here. “When voters in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District threw Democrat Steve Driehaus out of office after only one term, he did not bow out gracefully. No, he decided to get even. So he … Continue reading →

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Political law links for Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011

Posted on October 25, 2011

MCCAIN MUGGED?  Politico.  ““What happened to [McCain] was, he — I think he feels he got mugged first by the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, who walked away from the public financing of the general election, and then by the press, … Continue reading →

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