Rep. Price’s resolution to shut the door on a lame duck session of Congress mentions the House’s passage of the DISCLOSE Act. Whereas this Congress passed the DISCLOSE Act in violation of the first amendment, hindering citizens associations’ and corporations’ free speech while leaving all unions exempt from many of the new requirements, in order […]
Month: July 2010
Minnesota Forward update
I earlier noted how some corporate donors to an independent expenditure effort in Minnesota are handling attention. Additional coverage appears in a Fox News has a story on Target employees’ reaction to the contributions here. It looks like the activity may have spawned calls for a boycott of Target and Best Buy, reportedly another donor […]
Rangel round-up
The Times has an overview of the charges and the original documents. The House Ethics Committee has all the documents here. The Committee’s homepage also has other statements. Roll Call reports that Rep. Rangel allegedly made “misleading statements.” The moves of Rangel’s attorneys are the topic of this Roll Call report. The Washington Post has […]