Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 6/4

UNION PAYS. WFB. “One of the Democratic Party’s largest political contributors must pay a former employee who was fired from his job because he refused to donate to a union political action committee (PAC).”

MORE HEARINGS.  The Post.  “Congress on Monday held its fourth hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups, this time with questions coming from the House lawmakers who control funding for the agency.”

CT: CFR DIRTY DAYS. Here. ”The legislation increases the amounts of money that an individual can donate to party committees and political action committees and removes limits on what the committees can spend in support or opposition to candidates. It would bring back the ad book (booklets handed out at political events). It would lift the contribution ban on state contractors and allow them to give to their local town committees.”

DC: CFR ON BACK BURNER. The Post. “What is clear is that the council hasn’t been in a hurry to act and that its members — including some who plan to run in primaries that could take place as early as April 1 — can meanwhile benefit from a system that makes it easier to raise money from interests who may hope they’ll get something in return.”

NJ:  LAUTENBERG’S SEAT.  The Times.  “The option that is being pushed by many in Mr. Christie’s own party would be to name a Republican to hold the seat and then delay an election on a replacement until 2014. This would give his national party an unexpected gift: a reliable vote in the Senate — for a year and a half, at least — from a state that has not elected a Republican to the upper house in 41 years. But it would also open Mr. Christie up to allegations of sidestepping the electoral process.”

SC: ETHICS UNFINISHED. Story here. “The first year of the 2013-2014 legislative session is winding down with only one week left, but the issue of ethics is still up in the air.”

TX: ETHICS BILL OPPOSITION. Story here. “Allen Blakemore has launched an effort to recruit about 30 fellow Republican political consultants and their clients to push the governor to veto the omnibus ethics bill.”

VA: GOVERNOR’S WIFE PAID. The Post. “Maureen McDonnell, the wife of Virginia’s governor, was paid $36,000 last year to attend a handful of meetings as a consultant to the philanthropic arm of one of the state’s major coal companies, a top coal company official said.”

EU: LOBBYING FRAMEWORK NEEDED. Story here. “The Commissioner said that such a lobbying framework is established by the ‘Transparency Register’ operated jointly by the Commission and the European Parliament. The register has more than 5,600 entries and provides direct and single access to information about who is trying to influence the EU decision-making process.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

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