Gary Locke’s name has emerged has President Obama’s pick for Commerce Department Secretary. According to this report, Locke was involved in the 1996 Democratic National Committee fundraising scandal involving John Huang, foreign national contributions, and reimbursed contributions. Locke denied any wrongdoing, and he subsequently returned some checks tied to people implicated in the fundraising scandal, […]
Month: February 2009
Flake on Pork
Rep. Jeff Flake pens this editorial in today’s Times on pork, earmarks, PMA Group, Sen. Burris, and reform. Now, thanks to Rod Blagojevich and the PMA Group, perhaps the days of whistling past the Justice Department are behind us. If we think we can rely on Ethics Committee guidelines written by our colleagues to shield […]
FEC Advisory Opinion Requests
The Federal Election Commission has posted some advisory opinion requests. One is from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee/Franken for Senate (2009-04) and involves recount and contest funds. Another involves a charitable match program (2009-03 (ICE)). Another asks some questions about how the law treats a single member LLC (2009-02 (True Patriot Network)).