Category: Executive Branch

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Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 3, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, House, LDA, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Senate, Tennessee, Wisconsin

OBAMA CAMPAIGN EMAIL STRATEGY. The reason for the informal subject line of this morning’s set of links will be clear after reading this Businessweek report. “One fascination in a presidential race mostly bereft of intrigue was the strange, incessant and weirdly overfamiliar e-mails emanating from the Obama campaign.” The article says that fundraising emails with […]

Good morning – today’s political law links (10/3/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 3, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, House, LDA, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Senate

DEAR EDITOR: DEFENSE OF LOBBYISTS ON GOVERNMENT BOARDS. The Post. “I don’t drive a Porsche, and I have never contributed to a political campaign or paid for a lawmaker’s golf junket. After 30 years in Washington, I still confuse the various House and Senate buildings. Yet on the theory that my insight is somehow corrupting, […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (10/1/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 1, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, Executive Branch, FEC, Iowa, IRS, New York

AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS CASE OPINION. McCutcheon v. FEC. EC’S BACK. The Hill. “Some political non-profit groups that don’t disclose their donors are redirecting their spending in the wake of a decision that has shaken up campaign finance law.” DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS? WSJ. “The main body of rules governing political donations is federal election law, a murky amalgamation […]