Author: Eric Brown

“Lobbyists Get Lawyered Up”

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 1, 2008
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

CQ, in “Lobbyists Get Lawyered Up”, reports: “There’s been a huge increase in work in this area — really starting in the fall after S. 1 [the statute’s bill number] was signed into law and building ever since then,” said Joe Birkenstock, a political law attorney at Caplin & Drysdale. “It’s pretty much been nonstop.” […]

Transparency in Government Act of 2008

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2008
Categories In FEC, HLOGA, House, LDA, Senate

The Transparency in Government Act of 2008 provides for a number of reforms relating to the filing of FEC reports and the availability of other required filings under House and Senate rules and the LDA. The “draft legislation” is part of the Sunlight Founation’s efforts at “online collaboration” and has not been introduced in the […]

FEC Appointments

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2008
Categories In FEC

Rick Hasen’s site has the latest on the situtation regarding nominations for appointment to the FEC, which currently lacks 4 of the 6 commissioners. He cites a Roll Call editorial (not available without a subscription) and offers his opinion on when we might expect a quorum at the FEC.