A few updates on legislative proposals post-Citizens United. Today, Craig Holman supports The Shareholder Protection Act here. An OpenCongress collection of material related to legislative and policy proposals post-Citizens United is available here. For state legislation, check the National Conference of State Legislatures Citizens United page here. There seems to be some private legal action […]
Day: March 11, 2010
Latest on the for-profit company earmark ban
Roll Call reports on discussions about an earmark ban. While K Streeters moved into overdrive on Capitol Hill to gather intelligence about how specific funding requests will be affected, lobbyists said lawmakers’ move to ban the Congressional practice of directing federal money was just for show. The Hill covers the story here. Sen. Daniel Inouye […]
Committees returning Rangel money
Here’s a report that committees are returning contributions from Rep. Rangel’s campaign.