Month: November 2010

Political Activity Law A.M. report for Monday, Nov. 22, 2010

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 21, 2010
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA

Good morning. Here’s some of the political law news from this weekend and this morning. The lawmaker-charity connection Is the topic of Eliza Newlin Carney’s latest in National Journal. “There’s an awful lot of pressure from the lobbyist side to … do things that ingratiate the lobbyist with the member of Congress, and giving money […]

Political Activity Law A.M. report for Saturday, Nov. 20

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 20, 2010
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, FEC, House, Texas
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Good morning! What’s news today? Why the delay in the Waters House Ethics matter? The Hill speculates. The Times attributes the delay to a newly discovered exchange of emails. FEC handles Ensign matter The Hill reports that the FEC has concluded a matter involving Sen. Ensign. In its dismissal letter, the FEC cited a response […]

Today’s Political Activity Law A.M. report for Friday, Nov. 19

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 19, 2010
Categories In Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FEC, LDA, New Jersey

Good morning. Here are some of the stories I’ve found this morning. A note to my new subscribers — I tend to link to stories about campaign finance, lobbying and laws on lobbying, House and Senate ethics, and travel rules, and state laws on these topics. I’m also interested in technology and politics and the […]