SUPER PAC SHOWDOWN. Politico. “National Democrats are banking on a long-shot strategy to shield President Barack Obama from an expected onslaught of outside GOP spending in the 2012 election: nuking the messengers.” NEW LOBBYIST RULES? Story here. “The board of the American League of Lobbyists wants advocates to be more up front about their lobbying […]
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Political law links for Friday, March 30, 2012
GAS ADS IN THE NEWS. Politico. “The group launching a $3.6 million ad campaign hitting President Barack Obama on gasoline prices has deep ties to the billionaire libertarian industrialists Charles and David Koch.” SENATE DISCLOSE ACT HEARING VIDEO AND STATEMENTS. Senate Rules. HEARING NEWS REPORT. Here. “At a hearing Thursday of the Senate Rules Committee […]
Friday’s political law links
STOCK ACT PASSED. News here. “The Senate voted 96 to 3 to pass a watered-down STOCK Act, which would bar members of Congress, their staff and some federal workers from profiting from non-public information obtained through their jobs.” President Obama’s statement is here. PERRY PAC ADVISORY OPINION. Story here. “Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been […]