ETHICS AND GRIMM.  Roll Call.  “The House Ethics Committee announced it established a special subcommittee to investigate Rep. Michael G. Grimm, already under federal indictment for allegations of misconduct, but the subcommittee members unanimously voted to wait as the Feds pursue the case against the New York Republican.”

LERNER FUNDRAISING.  Roll Call.  “A fundraising effort has started to help pay the legal bills of former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner.”

NATIONAL PARTY SUES.  Roll Call.  “A national political party has filed suit against the Federal Election Commission seeking to knock out the current contribution limits on what an individual may contribute to the party for independent expenditures.”

DEFENSE OF DISCLOSURE. NJ.com (Levy). “As Justice Antonin Scalia recognized in Doe, ‘There are laws against threats and intimidation; and harsh criticism, short of unlawful action, is a price our people have traditionally been willing to pay for self-governance.'”

DC:  GRAY AND FAIRNESS.  WP (Colbert King).  “The government’s claim that Gray had detailed knowledge about the illegal 2010 fundraising operation was publicly leveled three weeks before the April 1 Democratic primary in which Gray sought reelection.”

NJ:  SUPER PAC QUESTIONS.  NJ.com.  “The founder of a West New York political action committee has been arrested and will be appearing in front of a federal judge in Newark today, a spokeswoman for the Newark division of the FBI confirmed this morning.”

NJ:  NEWARK REFORM.  NJ.com.  “The amount of outside money that came into the Newark race has some now questioning whether the state’s campaign disclosure laws need to be overhauled to require disclosure of donors and the registration of the independent groups, which have become an increasing factor in New Jersey elections from the Statehouse down to city hall.”

NY:  LIMIT UPDATE.  Newsday.  “Individual donors now have carte blanche from New York State to contribute more than $150,000 a year to fund as many candidates and political groups as they choose, just in time for this year’s high stakes statewide elections.”

VA: COST OF DISCLOSURE. WP. “The goal was to gain online access in a single place to many thousands more documents than are currently available. But officials are struggling with the difficult and potentially very expensive reality of carrying out the law. As a result, they are considering a simpler, less searchable system that would make it more difficult to scrutinize the records.”

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