OCE REFERS. Roll Call. “The Office of Congressional Ethics referred seven of its nine pending cases to the House Ethics Committee for further review, according to its quarterly report released Tuesday.”

IRS ALLEGATIONS. The Hill. “The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately authorized or disclosed confidential tax records of political candidates or donors four times in the last seven years — at least once on purpose, according to a Treasury inspector general.”

SEC PETITION ANNIVERSARY. August will mark two years since a rulemaking petition (scroll down to File No. 4-637) was filed with the SEC regarding corporate disclosure of political activity.

BUSINESS AND CFR PANEL. CED. “The Committee for Economic Development and the Conference Board Governance Center will host a luncheon policy event featuring a new report from CED and a national business leader survey on the role of money in politics on Wednesday, July 24th.”

AZ: ALLEGED FAILURE TO DISCLOSE. Story here. “State elections officials have determined there is ‘reasonable cause’ to suspect that a left-leaning advocacy group behind a series of attack ads directed at Phoenix Councilman Sal DiCiccio is violating campaign-finance laws.”

ID: LOBBYIST RETAINED. Story here. “The way city officials see it, paying a lobbyist pays for itself.”

PA: VOTER ID LAW DEFENSE. Story here. “Supporters contend that voter I.D. will prevent voter fraud and ensure the integrity of the electoral process. But opponents charge that it will disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of people, especially minorities, who do not have a photo I.D., and that the measure was a Republican-led effort that was enacted for political reasons.”

TN: GOVERNOR DEFENDS. Story here. “Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam told NewsChannel 5 that he does not believe his private payments to lobbyist Tom Ingram violated state campaign finance laws.”

HAVE A GREAT DAY.