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 […]
Month: April 2010
RNC requests Supreme Court review
Daily Caller reports on RNC v. FEC this morning. On Friday, Steele and the RNC appealed to the Supreme Court after a federal court denied the RNC permission to raise soft money for state elections and congressional redistricting, according to Federal Election Commission records.
The death of public financing chances in Maryland?
The Post laments the apparent demise of public financing reforms in Maryland in this editorial. The death of these good government reforms means business as usual will prevail in Maryland’s capital, where a band of well-connected, deep-pocketed lobbyists representing developers, the alcohol industry, public employee unions and others get their way in backroom deals while […]