VRA DECISION IMPACT. Roll Call. “The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to gut the 1965 Voting Rights Act will change the country’s politics. And in some cases, the change could come as soon as 2014.”
FREE SPEECH OPINION. Here.
DID LERNER WAIVE? The Hill. “The House Oversight Committee will vote Friday on whether an Internal Revenue Service official central to the agency’s targeting of conservative groups waived her Fifth Amendment rights before the committee last month.”
COFFEE AND PASTRY HIT. ABC News. “The Sunlight Foundation, a watchdog group advocating for government transparency, crunched the numbers for ABC News and found that the House of Representatives spent nearly $2 million on coffee and food in 2012 for events in and around the Capitol.”
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE: GRASSLEY QUESTIONS GAP. Story here. “Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding that the Obama administration explain a four-hour gap in emails that he requested as part of his investigation into the political intelligence industry.”
KLOBUCHAR COSPONSORS. News here. “U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar cosponsored a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to override the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling and move forward with campaign finance reform.”
FEC MEETING. The agenda for tomorrow’s FEC meeting is online here.
MO: CFR PROSPECTS. Story here. “Legislation carried this year by Rep. Kevin McManus, D-Kansas City, would make sweeping changes to Missouri’s election and campaign finance laws. House Bill 139 is almost identical to legislation sponsored in 2012 by then-Rep. Kander. The bill was referred to committee and never received a hearing or a vote.”
NJ: ENGINEERING FIRM AND CONTRIBUTIONS. Story here. “After a newspaper report Sunday exposed the company’s list of contributions, some of the Central Jersey officials who benefited from the tainted donations now say that they, too, were unaware of the shady dealings.”
NY: PROVISION PULLED. Story here. “In the Governor`s initial casino proposal, the bill given to the legislature, had a stipulation that read ‘prohibition of political contributions from gaming licensees and applicants’. However, in the final bill that was voted on and passed last week, article 1347 was removed.”
VA: ROLEX ISSUE. The Post. “A prominent political donor purchased a Rolex watch for Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, according to two people with knowledge of the gift, and the governor did not disclose it in his annual financial filings.”
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