Day: July 30, 2010

Coal 527 in the works?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 30, 2010
Categories In IRS

The Hill notes a Lexington Herald-Leader report about a possible new 527 funded by the coal industry.

Shareholder protection moves ahead

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 30, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

Here’s a press release from Public Citizen about the Financial Services Committee’s approval of H.R. 4790 (the Shareholder Protection Act.) A list of amendments is available here (scroll down).

Who’s to blame for failure of DISCLOSE?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 30, 2010
Categories In Const Law Issues

The Charlotte Observer editorializes here. A vital piece of legislation died in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Democrats are to blame for larding up the bill with wrong-headed provisions that distracted from the bill’s true purpose. Republicans are to blame for being intransigent and not working to get rid of those provisions and passing the […]