Category: A.M. Report

WATCHDOG APPOINTMENTS.   CBS.  “Mr. Trump has only nominated one watchdog to fill the 13 current vacancies among inspectors general, even though he pledged to ‘drain the swamp’ during his campaign.” CA:  ROSS JOHNSON, 77.   OCR.  “When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him to head the Fair Political Practices Commission in 2007, Johnson soon suggested Schwarzenegger’s idea […]

FEC TOMORROW.   The agenda for tomorrow’s meeting is available. TRANSFER IN THE NEWS.   FB.  “Failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has sent $800,000 from her campaign funds to her new political action group, Federal Election Commission filings show.” PENCE RAISING.  HP.  “No vice president in modern political campaigning formed their own fundraising committee independent of […]

FEC DIGEST.   FEC.  “The Commission made public three closed cases.”  Information on those cases and more at the link. ELIAS ON THE WEB.   LAW.   “Election law just isn’t what it used to be. With more money and more people involved in campaigns at every level, lawyers working in the relatively small field are seeing an […]