Category: Colorado

8.18 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 18, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia

LANDRIEU ALLEGATIONS. Thetowntalk.com. “The group, Keep Louisiana Working, based its complaint on CNN stories reporting that Landrieu, D-New Orleans, is reimbursing the federal government for plane flights that should have been charged to her campaign committee.” FACEBOOK DEFENDS. Newsweek. “Facebook made a $10,000 donation to the reelection campaign of a U.S. politician who fought strongly […]

Thurs. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 10, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, New York City

COCHRAN AMENDS. WAPT. “U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign staff is amending its campaign finance reports because of a $50,000 payment to a staff member.” WEAPONIZING CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Mackinac Center. “The growing labyrinth of government campaign finance regulation is an institutional ‘down escalator’ for the political free speech rights at the core of this democracy.” SUPER […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 8, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, FEC, HLOGA, LDA, Louisiana

PAY TO PLAY COMPLIANCE MEASURES. Aristotle (David Mason): “What is surprising, given Keith’s very active history of contributions to politicians in positions to influence investment decisions, is that apparently no one in a compliance role at the firm set up a pre-contribution screening system to prevent violations of SEC Rule 206(4)-5 which prohibits certain campaign […]