Is it fair to say that there is a nationwide trend toward pay to play restrictions? The Brennan Center for Justice cites the Rezko prosecution as a data point in favor of additional pay to play rules: Reasonable contribution limits and tailored pay-to-play regulations that keep lobbyists and/or state contractors from giving large sums to state […]
Author: Eric Brown
State of Play: Campaign Travel Rules
The FEC considered its final rules for campaign travel on December 14, 2007. HLOGA necessitated some rules changes for how campaigns accounted for travel on private aircraft, and other travel rules. What happened next? The FEC approved the rules, yet the rules were not, according to the FEC website, forwarded to Congress before the Commission […]
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