According to The Times, President Obama will address lobbyist contributions tonight. The speech reportedly explains: . . .[I]t’s time to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office. Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law to open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign companies […]
Month: January 2010
The President’s State of the Union on Citizens United and foreign nationals #SOTU
The Times is reporting that President Obama’s State of the Union speech may be mischaracterizing the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United (scroll to the 8:31 p.m. entry). The president appeared to have mischaracterized the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn restrictions on corporate-paid political commercials by suggesting that the decision invited political advertisements by foreign […]
Bopp files request to cut rules in light of Citizens United
The Post reports that The James Madison Center for Freedom of Speech’s James Bopp filed a request with the Federal Election Commission that the agency remove certain regulations in light of Citizens United. The request is here. I don’t see it on the FEC’s website, as of the time of this writing. The agency’s website […]