Day: July 30, 2010

  • Opponent of self-funder suffers court defeat

    The Eleventh Circuit issued an opinion in a case involving Florida’s public financing scheme and a story is here.

    The opinion is here.

  • A trial for Rep. Waters too

    Politico has the latest on the Ehtics Committee’s proceedings regarding Rep. Maxine Waters here.

    Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to go through an ethics trial, like the one lined up for New York Rep. Charles Rangel, rather than accepting charges made by an ethics subcommittee, a source familiar with the process tells POLITICO.

    As to the committee’s allegations with respect to Rep. Rangel, the news tonight is that the panel recommends a reprimand.

    The recommendation appears to be carrying significant weight with the full 10-member House ethics committee, which will decide Mr. Rangel’s fate. On Friday, the full committee spent hours behind closed doors debating whether to agree to a settlement that would require the congressman to admit to wrongdoing in exchange for receiving a reprimand and avoiding a public trial on his conduct.

  • The return of the White House Friday disclosure dump

    The White House Blog announced new additions to the White House visitor disclosure database today.