Category: California

Fri. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 27, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, Georgia, House, North Carolina, Texas

HBD “SUPER PAC”. Yahoo. “Then writing for National Journal, Eliza Newlin Carney first used the term in a column published on June 26, 2010, doing so to describe a new group called Workers’ Voices that intended to raise unlimited amounts of money to create political ads.” CLOSING ARGUMENTS. Ohio.com. “Federal prosecutors delivered their closing arguments […]

Mon. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 23, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, California, Connecticut, House, New Jersey, Virginia

HOUSE ETHICS AND YOUNG. WP. “The House Ethics Committee ordered Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) to pay a nearly $60,000 fine for taking 15 inappropriate trips, using campaign funds for personal use and accepting other unethical gifts.” IT’S A WONDERFUL DAY IN THE VOGELHOOD. WSJ. “Alex Vogel spent the last decade building a Washington lobbying business […]

Thurs. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 19, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Mass., Michigan

PRE-VICTORY LEADERSHIP PAC. Roll Call. “In an optimistic move, a Congressional candidate has registered a leadership PAC before winning a seat in Congress.” CFR STRATEGY. Atlantic (Lessig). “The single central flaw is the fundraising.” COORDINATION POST-CU. Roll Call (Ryan). ” For example, the FEC should prohibit candidates from fundraising for groups making ‘independent’ expenditures in […]