Day: June 14, 2010

Citizens United and the press exemption

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 14, 2010
Categories In FEC

The Daily Caller reports on recent Federal Election Commission advisory opinion request from Citizens United regarding the press exemption.

House Ways and Means SD Janice Mays in the spotlight

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 14, 2010
Categories In House

The Post profiles House Ways and Means Staff Director Janice Mays today. She was hired in 1975 in the aftermath of Chairman Wilbur Mills’s boozy splash with stripper Fanne Foxe, and her bosses have included former congressman Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.), who was convicted and imprisoned on federal corruption charges, and Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), whose […]

White House political ops and the law

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 14, 2010
Categories In Executive Branch

Richard Painter discusses the White House’s political operation and the law in this Times piece this morning. Congress should amend the Hatch Act, or the president should issue an executive order, to prohibit all White House staff members from participating in partisan political activity in any capacity during the relatively short time they serve in […]