ALTHOUSE ON D’SOUZA. Althouse. “Laws need to be enforced neutrally, across the board, or we need to be free of them.”
K ST.: NEW CLIENTS. The Hill. “Several K Street firms reeled in dozens of new clients in 2013 despite a down year for the influence industry.”
SUPER PAC READY. WP. “The former secretary of state’s early advantages underscore the new legal landscape that allows independent groups to more easily raise unlimited money. In addition to assembling grass-roots coalitions in early voting states, Ready for Hillary is hosting fundraisers and grass-roots events from New York and San Francisco to less traveled locales such as Grand Rapids, Mich., and Youngstown, Ohio.”
SUPER PAC CHIEF NAMED. The Hill. “Brad Woodhouse, president of the progressive group Americans United for Change, has been named the new president of Democratic super PAC American Bridge.”
SUPER PAC IA MOVES. USAT. “Organizers hoping for a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016 met here Saturday with Iowa Democrats and labor leaders to initiate an early effort to get the former secretary of state on the ballot.”
CA: PAYMENT MADE. Sierra Sun Times. “Last October the FPPC announced a record civil settlement against the Center to Protect Patient Rights (CPPR) and Americans for Responsible Leadership (ARL).”
CA: LOBBYIST TO APPEAR. NBC. “According to a complaint filed by the FBI and unsealed by a U.S. magistrate judge Tuesday, [Marco Polo] Cortes allegedly conspired with Ravneet Singh, CEO of electionmall.com, and former San Diego Police Department Detective Ernesto Encinas to funnel more than $500,000 into San Diego political races, mostly in 2012 and 2013.”
CO: LEVEL THE FIELD. Denver Post. “Colorado lawmakers need to level the campaign finance playing field. That’s the lesson from a successful legal challenge to a system that is clearly unfair.”
SC: MORE TO COME. HeraldOnline.com. “Former Charleston Sen. Robert Ford faces more allegations that he used campaign donations for personal expenses and misrepresented his spending.”
VA: FLAGS WAVED. DailyProgress.com. “The email exchange was at the center of a quiet legal battle last fall between the federal prosecutors and McDonnell’s legal defense team in an intensifying investigation into the governor’s relationship with Williams.”
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