Month: September 2012

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (9/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 12, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCC, FEC, House, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

ROBOCALL REMINDER. FCC. “The TCPA and the Commission’s rules set forth restrictions that govern the use of prerecorded voice messages and automated telephone dialing systems, which may include certain political calls. These restrictions vary according to whether a call is delivered to a business or residential landline telephone, a cell phone, or some other category […]

Political law links for Sept. 11, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 11, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, FCC, FEC, LDA, Maryland, Meta, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Voting

EMANUEL’S ROLE. Politico. “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing a teachers strike, is backing away from fundraising for Democratic super PACs.” LUC ISSUE IN NH. Story here. “It’s ultimately up to the FCC to decide if its rules were broken, but PolitiFact New Hampshire decided to find out if Kuster was right about what the FCC […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links (9/10/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 10, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Michigan, New Hampshire

LOBBYIST DEFINITION IN THE NEWS. The Post. “[Annette] Nazareth isn’t a registered lobbyist — a designation that is triggered under federal rules when a person spends 20 percent or more of his or her time engaged in ‘lobbying activities’ for a client over a three-month period.” MORE ON SEC RISK ALERT. Covington’s take on a […]