BITCOIN GIVING. Politico. “Political campaigns will be allowed to accept — but not spend — the digital currency Bitcoin, under a proposed federal rule released Thursday.” SUPER PAC AD. Here. “A super-PAC supporting Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is launching a new Web ad hitting Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes for her Hollywood support, tying […]
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Today’s political law links
WHEELER CONFIRMED. Here. “The Senate unanimously confirmed Tom Wheeler, an investor and former industry lobbyist, to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday.” TRICK OR TREAT. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. AD BARRAGE. Politico. “The Democratic-leaning group Patriot Majority is going on air for the next week with […]
Thurs. political law links
CRAIG CASE UPDATE. Here. “Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig says he needs more time in his bid to fight off demands by federal election regulators he pay $140,000 in fines and return $217,000 to his campaign that he’d used for his legal defense after his 2007 arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.” CO: A […]