Month: May 2014

Thurs., 5-8-14 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 8, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Florida, Foreign Laws, New York, Ohio, Rule G-37, Rule G-42, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin

MSRB MOVES. Bond Buyer. “The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is revising its proposed rule governing the duties of municipal advisors in response to market comments, and will also propose amending its pay-to-play rule to cover MAs, the MSRB announced Tuesday.” SUPER PAC BENEFIT. HuffPo. “It’s not completely clear how legal this set-up is in this […]

Wed. 5.7.14 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 7, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Foreign Laws, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Virginia, Wisconsin

TOMORROW AT THE FEC. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. EX CHARGED. NYDN. “Michael Grimm’s former girlfriend was arraigned Monday on charges she violated federal campaign laws — but her lawyer said she didn’t know she was doing anything wrong.” CA: BILL MOVES. LAT. “The Assembly approved legislation seeking to […]

Good morning, here are the top political law links for Tues., 5-6-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 6, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, HLOGA, House, Kansas, LDA, Missouri, Ohio

ETHICS UPDATE. Roll Call. “The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is continuing an investigation into Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez’s former employment of a lobbyist.” DATA ACT TO PRESIDENT. Roll Call. “Recently, in a victory for open data, both chambers of Congress passed with bipartisan support the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act.” DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE […]