PRE-VICTORY LEADERSHIP PAC.  Roll Call.  “In an optimistic move, a Congressional candidate has registered a leadership PAC before winning a seat in Congress.”

CFR STRATEGY.  Atlantic (Lessig).  “The single central flaw is the fundraising.”

COORDINATION POST-CU.  Roll Call (Ryan).  ” For example, the FEC should prohibit candidates from fundraising for groups making ‘independent’ expenditures in the candidate’s race. In doing so, the FEC would be following the lead of the Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board, which earlier this year interpreted its state’s statute’s use of ‘cooperation’ to include fundraising.”

DEBT COLLECTORS AND DONATIONS.  InsideARM.com.  “Ordinarily, a company’s political contributions don’t make waves, unless they are of an unusual size. But when the largest government-focused collection agency is making the donations to a candidate running for the largest office in a state known for largeness, then you’ve got yourself a scandal.”

CA:  SB 1101 VIEW.  Merced Sun-Star.  “If the Assembly approves the bill and Gov. Jerry Brown signs it into law, officeholders could not wedge fundraisers in between considering the budget, and voting on hundreds of bills they’re supposed to be reading at the ends of sessions.”

MA:  DISCLOSURE BILL MOVES.  Boston Globe.  “The Massachusetts Legislature is poised to pass a bill that would dramatically increase disclosure requirements for the huge political action committees known as super PACs, a groundbreaking move that could shed light on the deluge of corporate and labor money expected to flood this year’s race for governor. ”

MI:  DISCLOSURE FOR NERDS.  Metro Times.  “Metro Times has confirmed a second corporate donor who backed Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s controversial New Energy to Reinvent and Diversify (NERD) Fund.”

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