Author: Eric Brown

Coordinate in ’08

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 14, 2008
Categories In FEC

The FEC released the 2008 coordinated party spending limits, helping campaigns and parties make budget decisions for the year ahead.

A new proposal to regulate “robocalls” was recently announced. This would amount to additional regulation, of course, because the FCC and many states regulate such calls. Pending litigation may clarify some issues. Chairman Feinstein, Senator Specter Introduce Measure to Regulate Robocalls Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Rules and […]

Featured as speaker, not honored as guest

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 12, 2008
Categories In HLOGA, Senate

In today’s Post, Jeffrey Birnbaum notices what he concludes is an “exception large enough to explode the entire statute.” The [Senate ethics] committee ruled that a member of Congress can be a “featured speaker” at a national convention party and not run afoul of the lobbying law. That means that a senator is barred from […]