AMENDMENT WON’T WORK. Politickernj.com. “Legislators need to look beyond the old, broken ideas of placing limits and restrictions on raising and spending money.” GUILTY PLEA. Newsday. “Diana Durand, a Houston woman who came under scrutiny last year in the federal investigation of Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm, pleaded guilty Wednesday to making illegal campaign contributions […]
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TAX STATUS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY UPDATE. Holland & Knight. “Earlier this year, while Washington was fixated on former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee Lois Lerner and her missing emails, her former employer quietly denied the application for exemption of an organization seeking exemption under Section 501(c)(4) for engaging in too much political activity.” CU TENSION. […]
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AIDE PLEA. Bizjournals.com. “A longtime former aide to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Philadelphia) pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in attempting to conceal two campaign finance-related fraud schemes initiated by a local elected official.” WALLETS OPEN. WP. ”Together, 310 donors gave a combined $11.6 million more by this summer than would have been allowed before […]