STOP FEC RESTRUCTURING. CD. “Bipartisanship is not easy. It requires both sides to recognize that they will not always get their way. But for 40 years, Republicans and Democrats were able to do it. Throwing that away and simply hoping that a new agency will side with your party is reckless and an enormous threat […]
Author: Eric Brown
Political Law Links 4-27-2017
TESTING PRIVACY. WTSP. “President Donald Trump supporters, listen up – someone is posting your name, how much you’ve donated, where you live and what you do all in one place online.” ETHICS ACCUSATION. USN. “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt over a planned May 5 appearance as the […]
Political Law Links for April 26, 2017
FORMER TREASURER SENTENCED. OCR. “A Republican activist who embezzled more than $200,000 from Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s re-election campaign was ordered Tuesday to serve a year in jail and five years of formal probation and to pay back the money he stole.” JUDGE SETS PENALTY. DM. “Former Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell and her campaign committee have been fined […]