U.S. PIRG’s Lisa Gilbert endorses the DISCLOSE Act and the Shareholder Protection Act in this Huffington Post editorial. She notes Target’s $150,000 to a group supporting Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer (see my separate post tonight on developments related to that story). UPDATE: 8/6/10: This Times editorial endorses a public financing proposal recently introduced.
Month: August 2010
Lobbyist indicted in PMA Group case
The Department of Justice announced an indictment of PMA Group’s Paul Magliocchetti and the press release is here. According to the indictment, Magliocchetti orchestrated a scheme to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal conduit and corporate federal campaign contributions in an effort to enrich himself and PMA by increasing the firm’s influence, power […]
Kagan confirmed (as if you didn’t realize that)
I’m just fulfilling my duty as a legal blogger here. The Senate roll call is here.