The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct recently clarified the application of House rules to the practice of Members making multiple flight reservations (to “improve the Member’ ability to provide representational services for which they were elected”). The memorandum discusses the Senate’s treatment of this practice.
Author: Eric Brown
Texas Penalty
The Texas Ethics Commission fined a candidate $10,000 for allegedly using campaign funds for improper expenses. The Final Order is online.
Personal Use In the News
There are additional stories alleging the personal use of campaign funds in New York: NEW YORK — David Paterson, who became the governor of New York Monday after Eliot Spitzer resigned amid a prostitution scandal, may have broken state campaign finance laws when he used campaign cash to pay for a hotel room for a […]