Category: FARA

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links for June 25, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 25, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FARA, FEC, LDA

POST ON INSIDERS. Here. “One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules, a Washington Post analysis has found.” ANONYMOUS RESCUE. Politico. “An anonymous donor has agreed to […]

Here are today’s political law links (Thurs., 5/17)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 17, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, Illinois, IRS, LDA, Mass., Pennsylvania, South Carolina

ANTI-INCUMBENT SUPER PAC. Roll Call. “The political action committee’s recent decision to hire Mark Meckler, a high-profile tea party activist, raises further questions about its independence.” APRIL EO UPDATE. The April 2012 edition of IRS EO Update is online here. ELECTION LAW NEWS. The latest edition of Wiley Rein’s Election Law News is online here. […]

Political law links (Thurs., April 12, 2012)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 12, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, LDA, Maryland

MCCAIN’S EXCESS. Washington Times. “The dormant 2008 presidential apparatus of John McCain this year transferred nearly $9 million in old donations to an educational charity run by three major political supporters that bears the Arizona senator’s name, filings showed Tuesday.” SUPER PACS’ EXCESS. Story here. “When a presidential candidate throws in the towel, what can […]