You can follow some of the follow-up to the Brennan Center’s event on Twitter if you search for #bccfr and I understand video of the day’s panels will be available online soon. Here’s another photo I took at the event (Donald Simon and FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub) and I’ll be adding some others here.
Day: May 12, 2009
Some Lobbyists’ Bundles of Joy Due May 20
Another reporting milestone (see May 11, 2009 entry here) for lobbyist-bundled contributions is approaching. On May 20, 2009, certain monthly filing leadership PACs, Presidential campaigns and political party committees must file FEC Form 3L for the first time. Under the new lobbyist bundling disclosure rules, the above “reporting committees” must disclose information about lobbyist/registrants and lobbyist/registrant […]
Pension Funds Under Scrutiny
Could we see more restrictions similar to pay to play rules and Rule G-37 on invididuals and companies associated with pension funds? Yes, f this article is any indication. Investment firms should be barred for two years from managing U.S. public pension funds if they make campaign contributions to the politicians who make the investment […]