APP MAKERS LOBBY. Story here. “Backing the app-makers are venture capitalists and operators of platforms on which the apps operate, including Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. Microsoft pumped at least $1 million last year into the Association for Competitive Technology, an app-focused trade association.”
WALMART NEWS. Story here. “After several years of relative calm, Walmart is once again in Capitol Hill’s cross hairs.” More here: “Wal-Mart, the giant retailer now under fire over allegations of foreign bribery in Mexico, has participated in an aggressive and high-priced lobbying campaign to amend the long-standing U.S. anti-bribery law that the company might have violated.”
THE MAKING OF THE STOCK ACT. Story here. “Wall Street mobilized K Street to push back against a provision in an insider-trading bill that could have forced financial analysts and intelligence operatives to register as lobbyists, new records show.”
YOUNG TESTIMONY IN EDWARDS TRIAL. Story here. “Andrew Young, the star government witness in the case against John Edwards, took the stand in the second day of the trial on Tuesday, and tried to portray himself as out of his league in the plot to conceal the child Edwards had with his mistress, Rielle Hunter.” More here: “Edwards assured Young that he had consulted campaign finance lawyers and the transactions were legal.” More on questioning of the prosecution’s case here: “Campaign finance law experts from across the political spectrum, including some former Federal Election Commission officials, say the Justice Department is wasting its time and resources and setting a terrible precedent.”
MCCASKILL AND SENATE ETHICS. Story here. “A Democratic lawmaker may have violated prohibitions against soliciting campaign contributions on government property while appearing on MSNBC on Monday night.”
GOOGLE’S RECORD LOBBYING. Story here. “Google has been hiring extra lobbyists to defend the company from a series of investigations into Google’s privacy and antitrust practices, driving up its bill.”
SENATE RULES HEARING ON ELECTRONIC FILING. Here‘s an update from Sunlight. Watch here today at 9:30 a.m.
FEC AGENDA. The agenda for Thursday’s FEC meeting is online here.
FCC AGENDA. The agenda for Friday’s FCC meeting is online here.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.