The White House press release is here. WASHINGTON – President Obama announced today his intent to recess appoint six nominees to fill key administration posts that have been left vacant for an extended period of time. The President announced his intent to recess appoint the following nominees: . . . Norman L. Eisen, Nominee for […]
Month: December 2010
Push for disclosure
Charles Kolb encourages measures to promote corporate and union disclosure of political activities in this Huffington Post piece. My preference would be a total ban on all corporate and union political contributions and expenditures. As noted, companies and unions don’t vote, individuals do. In the absence of full public funding of our elections, the only […]
Issue committee fined in Colorado
News here. A judge has levied $11,300 in campaign-finance fines against a group run by anti-tax activist Douglas Bruce for not reporting what was spent to put three tax-slashing measures on the November ballot. The fine against Active Citizens Together, a nonprofit run by Bruce, is believed to be the largest-ever against an “issue committee,” […]