TOMORROW AT THE FEC. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission is online here. POLITICAL LAW BRIEFING UPDATES. Venable’s political law site has a number of interesting updates available here. “DARK MONEY” EXECUTIVE ORDER PUSH. HuffPo. “But the first step, one that requires agreement only from the president, is an executive order on contractor disclosure. Today more than […]
Month: March 2015
Tues. 3-3 political law links
FECA AND RETIREMENTS. WP. “Since the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), the median senator has announced her retirement 509 days before the general election and 321.5 days before the filing deadline. What changed?” SUPER PAC MOONLIGHTER. Firstlook.org. “According to a disclosure document obtained by The Intercept, Susan McCue — Sen. Harry Reid’s chief of staff from 1999–2006 and now co-founder […]
Mon. 3-2-15 political law links
NEW SCRUTINY. WP. “The Justice Department is stepping up scrutiny of the increasingly cozy ties between candidates and their outside allies, a move that could jolt the freewheeling campaign-finance atmosphere ahead of the 2016 elections.” TESTING, TESTING. Miami Herald. “As Jeb Bush continues a torrid fundraising schedule across the country, he is pushing new boundaries […]