The Post reports on yesterday’s developments from California involving Proposition 8. I don’t think it’s unusual in campaign finance law generally for couples to essentially share a joint contribution limit, or enjoy other provisions to protect against charges that they’re using someone else’s money to give. (Many laws ban contributions in the name of another.) […]
Month: August 2010
Don’t miss yesterday’s advocacy for hire story
It’s here and it involves recent issues related to BP. The case illustrates the murky world of advocacy-for-hire in Washington, where ideological groups wage stealth messaging campaigns with little disclosure of their funding or possible motives. Such arrangements rarely come to light since most advocacy groups are organized as nonprofits that do not have to […]
Your taxpayer-funded government automaker’s dollars at work
The Post reports on activity disclosed by General Motors on its recent LD-203.