NO BLUMAN FOREIGN MONEY. Politico. “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a federal law that bars foreign nationals from spending to influence U.S. elections.” WILEY REIN NEWS. The January 2012 edition of Wiley Rein’s Election Law News is online … Continue reading
RECORD FOR FOREIGN TRIPS. Roll Call. “The costs of overseas trips taken by Senators and their staffers jumped by about 20 percent last year, reaching an all-time high of more than $5 million in publicly reported costs, which is still … Continue reading
HOW SHOULD POLITICIANS USE TWITTER? That’s the topic of this e.politics collaborative effort between Sandi Fox and Sean Hurley. (I follow back almost everyone who follows me on Twitter.) In other Twitter news, a tweet sparked a controversy involving a … Continue reading
KATU.com has a story on an alleged incident of offficeholder intimidation of lobbyists. Lobbyists who worked on the “No on Measures 66 and 67” campaigns, that would have overturned two legislative tax hikes, say House Democratic leaders are trying to … Continue reading
Richard Winger has the latest on the Oregon State Supreme Court’s opinion involving limitations on lobbyists’ gifts and other rules.