Roll Call reports that Senate Democrats are hopeful that the DISCLOSE Act will move soon. An article on the same site deems the Senate a “legislative graveyard.”
Day: July 5, 2010
Citizens United gets the media exemption
The Boston Globe notes a recent advisory opinion issued by the Federal Election Commission to Citizens United.
What FedEx v. UPS tells us grassroots lobbying today
Dan Eggen explains. The dispute also underscores the increasingly sophisticated, campaign-style tactics used by corporations and unions to press their positions in Washington, from drink makers condemning proposed soda taxes to the sweeping PR battles that swirled around the health-care debate. But unlike those cases — where the policies in question would have broad impacts […]