Category: Executive Branch

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 4/4/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 4, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, Florida, HLOGA, LDA, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina

KICKING THE STOCK ACT. Roll Call. “When lawmakers come back from spring recess, there’s really only one item on their ‘must finish’ agenda for the first week: legislation that would buy more time for Congress to figure out how to untangle some of the problems they created for the federal bureaucracy when they enacted the […]

April 2, 2013 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 2, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Executive Branch, HLOGA, LDA, New York, Pennsylvania

LATEST GAO REPORT ON LOBBYIST COMPLIANCE. GAO. OCE TENSION. Story here. “Congress founded the OCE in 2008, establishing an outside ethics review organization, good government activists say, because of a lack of confidence in the standing House ethics panel.” DISAPPEARING LOBBYISTS. Roll Call. “Edward Newberry, a partner in Patton Boggs’ public policy and lobbying division, […]

Good morning, here are political law links for 4/1/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 1, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, Florida, Georgia, House, Nebraska, Voting

GREER SENTENCED. Story here. “An Orlando judge on Wednesday sentenced Jim Greer, former high-flying chairman of the Florida GOP, to 18 months in prison for stealing $125,000 from the party.” TRAVEL COSTS. Roll Call. “World traveler Rep. John Garamendi is gaining on fellow Rep. Jim McDermott.” CRAIG UPDATE. Story here. “A federal judge has refused […]