CQ covers HLOGA’s impact on what lobbying amounts are reported: The projected spending increases this year can largely be attributed to changes in lobbying disclosure rules. Industry experts believe that these new rules and harsher penalties may have lead to more groups registering and reporting their spending with greater specificity. Several industry representatives cited new […]
Month: May 2008
North Carolina Right to Life v. Leake
Digesting the opinion, some of it is quite favorable to Speechnow.org’s cause (see discussion starting at p. 24 of the opinion). The court strikes contribution limits on independent expenditures for what appears to be precisely the reasons Speechnow.org has argued. North Carolina (in the Fourth Circuit, of course), is having an important primary soon and […]
Pig Found
Entertainment Weekly updates us on the inflatable pig found after being lost at a Roger Waters concert. The pig, and fliers distributed in connection with its flight over the crowd, had “Obama 08” on its undercarriage. No mention of how the activity was funded, whether foreign nationals were involved, or if a disclaimer (in a box) was […]