Category: A.M. Report

Foreign convention involvement and other political law news for this morning

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 7, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Maine, New York

CONVENTION AND HOST COMMITTEE FUNDING. The AP covers recent developments on the Democratic convention here. I don’t know anything about the site called DemConWatch.com, but they quote a document purporting to list the restrictions on host committee donations. It looks like domestic subsidiaries of foreign companies are not prohibited from making in-kind donations, “provided that […]

Apple’s lobbying and other political law news this Friday morning

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 4, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, LDA, Maryland

APPLE’S NEW LOBBYING HELP. Politico reports: “Official lobbying disclosures show the company picked up the firm Fierce, Isakowitz and Blalock on Feb. 1 to handle ‘innovation’ issues in Washington. It’s an unexpected expansion for a company that typically keeps a low Washington profile.” NEW CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. The Hill reports on the FEC’s release of updated […]

Fundraising rules, a lobbying plateau, and news from Japan in this morning’s political law report

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 3, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Foreign Laws, House, LDA

WHAT’S RIGHT AND WRONG ON MEMBER FUNDRAISING. Roll Call reports. “The House Ethics Committee issued a report last month with evidence that campaign donors were offered one-on-one meetings with Members of Congress, that senior Congressional staff participated in nearly every fundraising activity a Member conducted, and that a lobbyist discussed both a legislative concern and […]