Month: October 2011

Monday’s political law links for Oct. 31st

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 31, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Senate

CANTOR’S FUNDRAISING. Roll Call. “Cantor has leveraged about a dozen interlocking campaign committees to run a quasi-party operation around the conservative Young Guns movement he launched with Reps. Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Paul Ryan (Wis.). A former Cantor aide, John Murray, is now launching an independent organization built around an unrestricted super PAC and two […]

Have a good day, here are a few political law links for Friday, Oct. 28th

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 28, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FARA, FEC, House

BUNDLERS AND OBAMA. The Times. “Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid.” 2012 LOBBYIST GIVING. The Post. “K Street is playing an increasingly central role in the 2012 presidential race, […]

Good morning, here are political law links for Thursday, Oct. 27th

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 27, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, FEC, Florida, Kansas, LDA

MONEY IN POLITICS VIDEO. Check out Politico’s excellent money in politics video series. Today’s set of videos features former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission and Wiley Rein partner Michael Toner. EDWARDS AND ENSIGN. Politico. “Defense lawyers for former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), who’s facing criminal campaign finance charges for arranging for two supporters to […]