Category: FEC

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Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 4, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Wyoming

THE CFR-CROMNIBUS. BillMoyers.com. “Bloomberg BNA reports that ‘for now,’ Sen. Mitch McConnell has backed away from the strategy Paul Blumenthal describes below. But campaign reformers remain ;wary that the incoming Senate majority leader would renew efforts to roll back limits on campaign money when Republicans take over the Senate following the current, lame-duck session.’” ONE […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 26, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, North Carolina, Ohio

RYAN ON TWITTER. Brookings. “Recent revelations about the creative use of social media illustrate how the parties and outside groups are anything but ‘independent’ in any meaningful sense of the word and are pushing the boundaries of the FEC’s weak ‘coordination’ rules.” JACKSON DECIDES. FEC. “The United States District Court for the District of Columbia […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 25, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC

CRAIG APPEALS. Magicvalley.com. “Former U.S Sen. Larry Craig is appealing a D.C. judge’s ruling that he broke the law by using campaign funds to cover legal fees after his 2007 arrest in an airport bathroom sex sting.” DEPARTING SHOT. The Hill. “Begich introduced legislation Thursday that would add super-PACs and other outside groups to the […]