Category: DC

Wu and Ethics Comm., foreign agents, OCE avoids cuts, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 25, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FARA, FCPA, FEC, House, Virginia

ETHICS COMMITTEE AND THE WU MATTER. Politico. “With a defiant Wu staying put, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called on the Ethics Committee to investigate the explosive allegations against him.” FOREIGN AGENTS AND DC OFFICEHOLDER. The Post’s Colbert King discusses a D.C. Council member’s work under the Foreign Agents Registration Act here. THIRD PARTY […]

Feignfold fighting, tax-exempt status denials, Waters news, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 20, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, DC, House, IRS, LDA, Michigan, Senate, Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin

FEINGOLD FIGHTING. Roll Call. “‘Almost nothing of our election laws is still standing,’ said Feingold, who now heads the political action committee Progressives United. The PAC’s mission is to counter and eventually reverse the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which overturned the long-standing ban on corporate and union spending for […]

Tuesday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 19, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, Executive Branch, FARA, FEC, LDA, Montana, New York, Virginia

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WHITE HOUSE? The Hill. “The Republican National Committee on Monday asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether the president’s reelection fundraising broke federal law.” INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS? The Hill. “A watchdog group on Monday called for an outside investigation of the House Ethics Committee.” NOT GUILTY PLEA IN MD ROBOCALL […]