AIDE LINKED TO SCANDAL. NYT. “A wealthy Washington businessman embroiled in a campaign finance scandal communicated with a longtime adviser to Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton on an illegal canvassing effort to bolster Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, according to court documents.”
VANDEN HUEVEL ON THE NEXT CU. WP. “The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission any day now.”
WALDEN HIT. Oregonlive.com. “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint Wednesday against Walden with the Office of Congressional Ethics for approving what the group called ‘fraudulent campaign fundraising websites’ in his role as chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.”
CA: BROWN GETS BILL. Sacramento Bee. “State lawmakers sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill Monday designed to strengthen California’s campaign finance standards in response to a recent case that prompted the largest campaign reporting fine in state history.”
KS: LOBBYIST DEFINITION PROPOSAL. Topeka Capital-Journal. “The measure would raise to $500 the level of expenditure on political activity needed to apply a mandate for registration as a lobbyist of state government.”
MA: COMPANY FINED. MetroWest Daily News. “The owner of a Framingham roofing business that once replaced the roof on Boston City Hall agreed to pay $45,000 to the state for making improper corporate campaign contributions to Mayor Martin Walsh’s campaign last year.”
NY: INCLUDE CFR? Newsday. “With budget negotiations set to advance today, the politically split state Senate is divided over whether to include any campaign-finance proposals in its one-house budget, several sources said.”
NY: BOARD SUED. NYDN. “Failed mayoral candidate John Liu slapped the Campaign Finance Board with a federal lawsuit for dealing a death blow to his mayoral campaign by denying him millions in city matching funds.”
VA: DEADLINE CHANGED. WP. “The State Board of Elections has opened up a comment period on its decision to revise the deadline for filing campaign finance reports after Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s administration asked the board to seek public input on the change.”
WA: BILLS APPEARS DEAD. The Olympian. “A bill that would have required lobbyists to file spending reports electronically at the state Public Disclosure Commission has appeared to die in the Republican-steered Senate.”
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