HOUSE TRIP QUESTIONS. WP. “The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Baku, on the Caspian Sea, in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post. Three former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers […]
Month: May 2015
Coordination and more in today’s political law links
GROUP TO GET CLOSER. NYT. “Correct the Record, a group started by David Brock, a staunch ally of Hillary Rodham Clinton, is recreating itself as a stand-alone ‘super PAC’ that has the ability to coordinate with her campaign.” REFORM PROPOSAL. CT. “The good news for those billionaires is that under my new plan, they still […]
5-12 pol. law links
MN: BOARD APPOINTMENT. Star Tribune. “Former Rep. Margaret Leppik, known as Peggy, was appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board.” NJ: PAY TO PLAY ISSUES. NJ.com. “The author of New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws says Gov. Chris Christie’s 2016 PAC may have violated them by accepting tens of thousands of […]