Day: April 5, 2010

Take me out to the fundraiser, take me out to the donors

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 5, 2010
Categories In FEC

Baseball’s opening day — the perfect day for an article about political fundraising at the nation’s baseball stadiums.

In Tennessee, Attorney General weighs impact of Citizens United in advisory opinion

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 5, 2010
Categories In Tennessee

What does the Tennessee Attorney General think about coroprations’ obligation to file reports for independent expenditures? Opinion 10-39 addresses that question and concludes: In summary, it is the opinion of this Office that current Tennessee law does not require corporations making independent expenditures for the nomination or election of any person to state or local […]

Lobbying law enforcement: no civil action or settlement since 2005

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 5, 2010
Categories In LDA

GAO released a new report recently, “2009 Lobbying Disclosure, Observations on Lobbyists’ Compliance with Disclosure Requirements.” The 41-page PDF is available here. In response to an earlier GAO recommendation, the [U.S. Attorney’s] Office developed a system to help monitor and track enforcement efforts. The Office continues to refine the system to meet the requirements conveyed […]