PAYMENTS IN THE NEWS. FN. “Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) has paid a company that is owned by his chief of staff’s wife nearly $200,000 from his campaign funds, Federal Election Commission filings show.” LIBERATE THE (C)(4). NPQ. “It should surprise no one that a growing number of nonprofits have chosen to form affiliated […]
Month: August 2017
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HOLMAN ON WAIVERS. HP. “Echoing a provision of Obama’s ethics executive order, Trump’s policy expressly prohibits former lobbyists from working on the same specific issue areas in government that they had lobbied on in the previous two years.” DEAN PUNCHES LEFT. OBS. “Now Dean is involved in setting up Hillary Clinton’s new Super PAC, Onward Together.” ROSEN REACH AND B-ROLL. […]
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MENENDEZ FIGHT. L360. “Sen. Bob Menendez on Wednesday again urged a New Jersey federal court to toss his corruption charges based on the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark McDonnell decision, rejecting prosecutors’ argument that pressure he exerted on a doctor’s behalf to influence executive branch officials fell within the high court ruling’s narrow definition of ‘official […]