WOMBLE CARLYLE ALERT ON IRS PROPOSAL. Here. “As most of America travelled over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house before the Thanksgiving holiday, the Treasury Department and the IRS delivered their own holiday gift.”

POST ON IRS PROPOSAL. WP. “What’s not yet decided is the proportion of a social welfare group’s activity that can be devoted to politics. This is a delicate area.”

MCCUTCHEON THEORIES. WVTF. “Campaign finance disclosure may actually promote corruption.”

NEWSWORTHY WALKER ASK. UK Daily Mail. “Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s re-election campaign risked a Scrooge image last week with a Black Friday promotion asking parents to make campaign contributions instead of buying their children Christmas presents.”

OCE AT FIVE. The Hill. “Five years on, the independent office charged with probing congressional misconduct has weathered an onslaught of lawmaker criticisms and appears here to stay.”

AZ: EX-LOBBYIST IN COURT. AZcentral.com. “An ex-Phoenix lobbyist whose former clients included the Fiesta Bowl is set for a court hearing on conspiracy and illegal campaign contribution charges.”

KY: SUBPOENA POWER PROPOSED. Here. “Louisville Metro Council members are encouraging the Kentucky General Assembly to enact legislation that would strengthen the city ethics commission’s powers.”

MO: STATE REP. RESIGNS. St. Louis Post Dispatch. “Missouri state Rep. Steve Webb, who faces charges of alleged theft of $3,000 in campaign funds, has resigned from the Legislature.”

NY: PAY TO PLAY ALLEGED. NYDN. “State GOP Chairman Ed Cox is accusing Gov. Cuomo of engaging in pay-to-play politics on the issue of public financing of campaigns.”

NY: MORELAND REPORT. Capital NY. “A long-awaited anti-corruption report recommends further disclosure for lawmakers as well as a system of public campaign finance as the antidote to a litany of misdeeds, some of which are detailed over its 101 pages.”

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