CAMPAIGN FINANCE BASICS. VOA News. “Money, lots of it, is what it takes to win the presidency of the United States.” LANGDON PROFILE. Politico. “[David] Langdon is a critical behind-the-scenes player among the small army of lawyers working to keep secret the origins of millions of dollars coursing through the American political system.” AZ: TEXTING […]
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Secret trip funding and other political law links
HOUSE TRIP QUESTIONS. WP. “The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Baku, on the Caspian Sea, in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post. Three former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers […]
5-5 pol. law links
DOMAIN GAME. The Hill. “Michael Link, assistant director of digital strategy at the SEIU, told The Hill that he created the site, which has been shared by a number of prominent Democrats on Twitter. But he stressed that it was a personal project outside of the scope of his job with the SEIU.” STATE CFR MOVES. […]