The LA Times reports, “Dead actor Roy Scheider still donates to Barack Obama campaign.” The Times’ campaign finance expert Dan Morain has found Obama campaign records reporting a $50 donation by Roy Scheider, who lists his occupation as actor and his home as Sag Harbor, N.Y. Remember him from many great movies including “The French […]
Day: April 23, 2008
NAM v. Taylor Update
CQ reports: The National Association of Manufacturers has filed its lobbying report for the first quarter of the year without naming its members, citing its pending legal battle to overturn that new legal requirement.On Monday, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. rebuffed a request from NAM to delay enforcement of the 2007 lobbying law (PL […]
Millionaire’s Amendment
Coverage of the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Millionaire’s Amendment case is abundant. We now manage to find ourselves entering peak election season with some aspects of an important campaign finance law hanging in the balance.