How does sneaking treats fit with White House special counsel to the President Norm Eisen’s ethics memoranda, Bo? (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Moving on… If you’re interested in photography, the White House’s Flickr photostream is an interesting look at photographer Pete Souza’s efforts to document life at the White House. The […]
Day: October 26, 2009
The world without Austin
Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest discusses litigation strategy and the campaign finance world if Citizens United overrules Austin. The upshot could be an outpouring of unregulated, often-undisclosed spending by both big corporations and tax-exempt political organizations, election lawyers say. “The trend is toward deregulation,” said former FEC general counsel Lawrence H. Norton, who is of counsel […]
Federal Election Commission Blog and another new blog
1. The Federal Election Commission’s Disclosure Data Weblog is online here. According to the press release, the site will note information about data files and serve as a forum for questions about the data provided on the site. 2. McKenna Long & Aldridge’s Pay to Play Blog also launched recently. The blog discusses the “ever-stricter […]