Day: May 22, 2009

Puerto Rico: Soliciting, Accepting, Reimbursing Illegal Contributions

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 22, 2009
Categories In Puerto Rico

The Department of Justice announced that five defendants were sentenced in a scheme involving reimbursed contributions.

Fair Elections Now Act Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 22, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues

Earlier I questioned whether one press release was evidence that the Fair Elections Now Act was gaining steam. The Center for Competitive Politics discovered more press releases, but according to the group there is hardly a basis for concluding that support for the proposal is growing. Quite frankly, if “momentum” really was “building” — as […]

Business Forward Revealed

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 22, 2009
Categories In IRS

The Times profiles a new group formed by “business executives aligned with President Obama” here. The coalition, calling itself Business Forward, plans to announce its formation on Thursday. Organizers said the group, whose initial members include AT&T, Facebook, Hilton, IBM, Microsoft, Pfizer and Time Warner, will engage in public advocacy but will not lobby administration officials […]