Reid Cox covers the recent report that the Department of Justice will not pursue donors to independent groups. Thus, while “contributors” may be off the criminal hook, and seem not usually to be targets of the FEC’s civil enforcement, none of this means that those donors won’t have to play a role-at their expense-in those […]
Author: Eric Brown
Lame Duck Session
According to this report, some lobbyists favor a lame duck session of Congress. Lobbyists for trade groups, companies and municipalities big and small have quietly put out word on Capitol Hill that they want more time to get their priorities enacted. Meet the newest coalition in Washington: lobbyists who see an advantage in a post-election […]
Golden Age for the First Amendment?
Ballot Access News covers a recent opinion on Utah’s campaign finance rules. The decision says that these disclosure requirements can only be applied to groups whose major purpose is to influence elections. The plaintiff organization is quite old, and has always existed to assist individual union members when a union member has a dispute with […]