Author: Eric Brown

SHUTTING DOWN. POL. “A super PAC created to back Sen. Cory Booker’s bid for president will shut down, its operator said Wednesday, after Booker denounced super PACs and donors showed little interest.” FEAR OF POLITICAL ADS. WSJ. “The road to bad regulation starts when the press panics about a problem, real or imagined. Then elites […]

REIMBURSEMENTS AND CORPORATE FUNDS. HC. “A dominant Texas engineering company led by a former University of Texas regent has agreed to a $1.6 million fine because top-level staffers facilitated hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal campaign contributions.” DOJ Release. TLAIB ALLEGATIONS. FN. “According to a report issued last week by the House Ethics Committee, there is […]

FUND BOOST. POL. “The ‘green wave’ of campaign cash that boosted Democrats and liberal causes in 2018 included an unprecedented gusher of secret money, new documents obtained by POLITICO show.” ENFORCEMENT SOUGHT. DC. “The overwhelming majority of 2020 general election voters would like to see the Federal Election Commission (FEC) take a more active role […]