Politico reports on federal political committee joint fundraising here. Use of a joint fundraising committee does not allow a donor to escape federal donation limits of $4,800 per candidate or incumbent for any one cycle. But a donor can cut one large check to a joint committee, maxing out what the candidate gets while the […]
Month: February 2010
House Ethics statement on Rangel/Carib News Foundation matter
The House Ethics Committee released this statement on its investigation into Caribbean trips provided by the Carib News Foundation. The Roll Call report is here. The ethics committee also announced that it referred information related to Rodney, Lewis, and another Carib News Foundation employees, Faye Rodney, to the Justice Department for further review. The committee […]
Put this in the “You can threaten to take down words but a YouTube video lives forever” file
Yesterday on the House floor Rep. Weiner made a statement that was the target of a request that his words be taken down. The YouTube video is here.