CAMPAIGN SPENDING ON FOOD. Tampabay.com. “USA Today crunched numbers to find lawmakers spent $14.5 million in donors’ money on food since 2011. And the late Rep. Bill Young was ‘one of the bigger spenders.’” SPLIT VOTES AND “UNOFFICIAL LAW.” NYT. “Campaign lawyers of both parties say the deadlocks have profoundly, if informally, affected the rules […]
APP FOR POLITICS. LAT. “Finding out where your favorite brands lie on the political spectrum is now as easy as scanning bar codes with your iPhone.” AL: CONTRIBUTION ALLEGATIONS. AL.com. “The Democratic candidate for Alabama attorney general on Monday accused his Republican opponent of breaking state law by accepting a campaign donation from the campaign […]
CA: TWO BILLS MOVE. Capradio.org. “One would require the disclosure of the top five contributors to ballot measures; the other would require that paid actors appearing in campaign ads be identified as such.” CT: SUPER PAC MOCK. CT Post. “Though legal, here’s what’s wrong: The money coming through the polical action committees makes a mockery […]