Do you follow Missouri campaign finance law? Here’s the latest turn in the contribution limit saga. Missouri House members are pondering whether to undo their most recent change to the state’s campaign finance rules — a shift that supporters had touted just a few years ago as bringing accountability and transparency to Missouri political campaigns.
Month: February 2010
Georgia lobbyist spending
The Altlanta Journal-Constititution investigates spending on lobbyists in Georgia this morning. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution review of disclosures shows that lobbyists have so far paid for far fewer meals, gifts and parties than last year. Overall, reported expenditures fell 46 percent, from $324,000 in January 2009 to $175,000 this January.
Campaign finance reform makes Obama 2.0 agenda
Politico reports on President Obama’s election-year strategy here. The revamped 2010 plan focuses extensively on new reform efforts, starting with a “competitiveness” push, a call for tighter campaign finance laws and renewed attention to Obama’s open-government agenda. . . . A top administration official said that “the biggest piece of reform” will be supporting congressional […]