Month: July 2014

7.28 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 28, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, Florida, House, Virginia, Wyoming

SUNLIGHT AND SUPER PAC. ABC. “Now, as Obama enthusiastically raises money for Democratic super PACs, he’s embracing some of the same secretive elements of that system, drawing charges of hypocrisy from good-governance advocates who say the public deserves to know what Obama’s saying and to whom he’s saying it when donors pay for a few […]

political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 25, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Maine, Mass., Minnesota, Wisconsin

WHAT’S NEW IN COERCION. Insidepoliticallaw.com. “An FEC enforcement action recently made public may be of interest to organizations that use members’ dues for political activities.” PAYSTAND AND BITCOIN DONATIONS. MarketWired. “PayStand, a next generation online payment solution which accepts Bitcoin as well as traditional forms of payment, is in the forefront of the newest wave […]

Today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 24, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas

YESTERDAY’S SENATE HEARING ON DISCLOSE. Senate Rules. SENATE HEARING REPORT. KALW. “A bill that would require transparency by nonprofit groups related to federal elections met with united opposition from Republicans Wednesday, at the first Senate hearing on what its supporters call the Disclose Act.” SUPER PAC LIGHT. Jackson Free Press. “Federal law requires that money […]