HATCH ACT ISSUES. Politico. “HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits certain political activity, when she made ‘extemporaneous partisan remarks’ during a speech in her official capacity earlier this year, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Wednesday.” POLITICS AND COMMITTEE WEBSITES. Point of Order discusses political content on websites run by […]
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Good morning, here are today’s political law links (9/12)
ROBOCALL REMINDER. FCC. “The TCPA and the Commission’s rules set forth restrictions that govern the use of prerecorded voice messages and automated telephone dialing systems, which may include certain political calls. These restrictions vary according to whether a call is delivered to a business or residential landline telephone, a cell phone, or some other category […]
Political law links (9/6/12)
NEW RAHM ROLE. The Post. “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel — a legendary fundraiser and political strategist before he won elected office — has dropped his honorary chairmanship of the Obama campaign to help raise big-dollar contributions, so that Democrats can compete with what is emerging as a clear GOP fundraising advantage this election cycle, campaign […]