Politico reports that Rep. Rangel’s lawyers have responded to the House Ethics Committee’s release of a report involving Caribbean trips. The Standards Committee report holds “Congressman Rangel accountable under the rules for errors by his staff, even though it acknowledges that he did not know of those errors,” said Leslie Kiernan and Jason Knott of […]
Month: February 2010
Brad Smith on corporate political spending
Brad Smith discusses Citizens United and corporate political spending in this WSJ editorial.
Prospect of anonymous political speech worries some
The Times reports that the prospect of anonymous support of candidates worries some. For the first time, though, as a result of [Citizens United], corporations will be able to spend unlimited amounts of money on advertisements expressly advocating for a candidate’s election or defeat. The ruling also clears the way, for the first time, for […]