Federal authorities may seek to freeze Gov. Blagojevich’s $3.6 million campaign fund, according to this report. In a letter this week, they put the Blagojevich camp on notice they intend to freeze the money, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Month: December 2008
NY: Ethics Enforcement Cuts
The budget crisis in Albany may force cuts in the budget for the office charged with enforcing ethics laws, according to this report. Gov. Paterson’s budget would wipe out 21 positions designed to check for campaign-finance fraud and other problems – setting up New York to be “another Illinois,’’ a good-government lobbyist said today.
FEC Meeting
The Federal Election Commission will meet today to discuss part of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act and its requirement for disclosure of lobbyist-bundled contributions.