SITE FOR NONPROFIT INFORMATION. The National Center for Public Policy Research announced its launch of GroupSnoop.org and the site is online here. The site is intended as an “educational resource for journalists, lawmakers, teachers and citizens who want documented information about public policy and activist organizations.”
PERRY SUPER PAC IN THE NEWS. The Post. “The betting among Republican strategists is that Perry’s ads will quickly take aim at former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. But [Perry chief strategist Dave] Carney offered a cautionary note. ‘This whole idea that you have to attack Mitt Romney — that’s pedestrian thinking,’ he said. If that view prevails, the attacks could be left to Perry’s ‘super PAC.'”
STANDING UP FOR KEVIN RING. The Post. “Judge Huvelle, who is scheduled to formally sentence Mr. Ring at the end of this month, should ensure that he is held accountable for his serious crimes but not punished for choosing to challenge the government’s charges in court.”
KEYSTONE XL IN THE NEWS. The Post. “Several key union allies and the Canadian government are pitted against environmental and youth activists who are threatening to turn Keystone into a campaign issue for President Obama.”
OBAMA CASH EDGE. The Times. “President Obama is exploiting his early lead in campaign fund-raising to bankroll a sprawling grass-roots organization and information technology apparatus in critical general election battlegrounds.”
PERRY AND SEC RULES. Weekly Standard. “The new SEC regulation comes on top of an existing Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) regulation of the financial service industry—known as rule G-37—that restricts campaign donations to state office holders by those dealing in municipal bonds. (The MSRB is subject to SEC oversight.)”
SOLYNDRA EMAIL DISCLOSURE ISSUE. Politico. “President Barack Obama won’t be sharing his BlackBerry messages with House investigators seeking communications about Solyndra, the White House told Hill Republicans on Friday.”
APPEAL IN VISITOR LOG CASE. Story here. “The Obama administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that Secret Service records of visitors to the White House complex are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.”
TIMES TOOMEY PROFILE. Here. “[Mike] Toomey has turned his success on behalf of his clients to Mr. Perry’s benefit, funneling their political donations into groups that have helped strengthen both his legislative majorities and his re-election efforts. Campaigns finance laws have often allowed Mr. Toomey and his clients to obscure their involvement.”
SOLYNDRA LOAN UNIQUE. Story here. “Two senior Treasury officials said Friday that they had never seen a loan restructuring similar to an Energy Department loan to a failed solar panel maker.”
SOLYNDRA BUNDLERS FOR OBAMA. Story here. “Two Obama fundraisers involved in the controversy surrounding bankrupt energy company Solyndra ramped up their efforts on behalf of the president’s campaign in late summer, according to the campaign’s voluntary disclosure of its bundler list, released late Friday.”
GRAY CAMPAIGN SCRUTINY IN DC. The Post. “Federal investigators digging into irregularities in the campaign of Mayor Vincent C. Gray have interviewed several of his associates and election staff members, subpoenaed reams of documents, and granted immunity to at least one witness who testified before a grand jury, according to nearly a dozen people familiar with the probe.”
COMPTROLLER’S FINANCES IN THE EDITORIAL PAGES. The Times. “His job is to hold the city accountable for its finances. How can New Yorkers feel confident about his abilities in that job if he does not make certain his own fund-raising operation is complying with the city’s campaign finance laws?”
FEINSTEIN LOSS ESTIMATE. Story here. “Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s re-election campaign estimated on Friday that she is missing nearly $4.7 million because of unauthorized disbursements by her former campaign treasurer, Kinde Durkee.”
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