Month: October 2009

Supremes mulling Citizens United while another disclosure case merits attention

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 20, 2009
Categories In Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases

The Center for Competitive Politics’ Steve Hoersting discusses today’s Supreme Court move to block disclosure of the names and addresses of individuals who signed a petition.

Federal Election Commission representations

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 20, 2009
Categories In FEC

This is the first in what will be my continuing project to document who’s representing who before the Federal Election Commission in certain matters. The source of the information is publicly available filings at the www.fec.gov. (“MUR” stands for “Matter Under Review” and is the manner some cases are designated at the agency.) The MUR […]

House Oversight Committee and a new YouTube video on the Countrywide VIP mortgage investigation

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 20, 2009
Categories In House

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans posted an online video on YouTube. This Hill article explains.