Month: August 2010

Use of McCain$ cash

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2010
Categories In FEC

Roll Call reports on Sen. McCain’s compliance fund here.

Charges in contribution scheme

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2010
Categories In FEC

AP reports on the latest case involving alleged reimbursed contributions. In a statement, Martin Raffol, 54, of Natick appeared to admit the charges leveled by U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz. They included one count of scheming to conceal material information from the Federal Election Commission and witness tampering. Raffol had been executive vice president of Winn […]

And the top lobbying spender in Virginia is…

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2010
Categories In Virginia

The Post reports. Cigarette-maker Altria tops the list, followed by the Northern Virginia Technology Council and Verizon.