POLITICAL LAW PROFITS. Story here. “The five law firms specializing in presidential campaigns have been paid $50 million since 1999 by candidates, political parties and political action committees, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based research group that tracks campaign spending.” INSIDE POLITICAL LAW SITE. Covington’s new Inside Political Law site is online […]
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Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links (7-23-12)
EGG INDUSTRY LOBBYING. The Hill. “The egg industry is embroiled in tense infighting ahead of a contentious hearing next week on a bill that would require farmers to use larger cages for egg-laying hens.” JAMES KAHL LOOKS AT CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW’S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. The Federal Lawyer. “New reforms may be enacted, new rules […]
Good morning, here are political law links for Thurs., 7/12/12
NEW DISCLOSE ACT. The Hill. “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and eight other Senate Democrats proposed new legislation on Tuesday that seeks to counteract the 2010 Citizens United case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot limit political spending by corporations, unions or other groups.” The Hill has a copy of the bill […]