The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, “We the People? Corporate Spending in American Elections after Citizens United.” (Dirksen 226 at 10 a.m.) Bradley A. Smith is scheduled to appear, but because Senator McCain isn’t on the committee we can’t expect a repetition of past unpleasantry between the two to mar the […]
Day: March 8, 2010
North Carolina State Board of Elections and the Realtors case
AP has a report on a recent meeting of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. State Board of Elections Chairman Larry Leake didn’t want to hear about a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opens the doors to more direct corporate and union involvement in political campaigns while he weighed evidence whether the North […]
Kentucky pay to play and lobbyist rules news
What’s new in Kentucky on the ethics and lobbying front? How about pay to play restrictions and lobbyist rules? Kentucky’s Senate this week passed an ethics-reform bill aimed at preventing the cozy monetary relationship some state contractors and special-interest lobbyists could develop with some elected officials. . . . Lobbyists, meanwhile, would also face added […]