Day: July 1, 2010

Forget LeBron; who’s going where in the campaign finance and lobbying world?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 1, 2010
Categories In FEC

LeBron, LeBron, LeBron. What about some big moves in the campaign finance law and lobbying spaces? Clark Hill PLC picked-up Charlie Spies and the firm’s press release is here. Spies has a distinguished background in campaign finance and politics, having worked for Romney for President, the Republican Governors Association, the Republican National Committee, the Federal […]

House votes to amend Lobbying Disclosure Act

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 1, 2010
Categories In LDA
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The House passed H.R. 5609 today. I tweeted about this early in the a.m. as did the Center for Competitive Politics’ Sean Parnell (who had more context). The bill started out amending the Federal Election Campaign Act, but was amended to instead amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The text isn’t available as of the time […]

House Ethics dismisses Rep. Laura Richardson matter

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 1, 2010
Categories In House

News today from the House Ethics Committee on its dismissal of a matter involving Rep. Laura Richardson. I noted this matter in August 2009 here. UPDATE: 7/2/10: The Times has a short note about the matter.