Category: FEC

Political law moves and news for Tuesday, March 1st

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, IRS, LDA, Maryland, West Virginia

FORMER FEC CHAIRMAN MOVES. Former FEC Chairman Michael Toner joined Wiley Rein’s Election Law & Government Ethics Practice as co-chair. The firm’s release is online here. POLITICAL LAW PRACTICE LAUNCH. McGuireWoods launched a new Political Law Group and the firm’s press release is online here. KOCH ON KOCH. Politico links to Charles Koch’s WSJ piece […]

FEC, EAC, the CR, K Street, and Rahm in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 28, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, LDA, Nevada

“FEC HAS MANY QUERIES FOR MEMBERS.” Roll Call. “A handful of Members of Congress have among them received hundreds of complaints from the Federal Election Commission about inaccuracies in their campaign finance reports over the past several years, far beyond the average of most campaigns.” LOTT, K STREET POWER BROKER. Roll Call. R TILT AT […]

FEC appointments and the Rumsfeld papers, Huntsman’s moves, and transparency in political law links today

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 25, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, LDA

HUNTSMAN’S RISKS. Politico covers Ambassador Jon Huntsman’s alleged involvement with a new PAC and a potential White House run here. “Federal law is relatively strict in barring employees from political activity while on duty, and special rules for ambassadors indicate that they are considered ‘on post’ — or on duty — at all times when […]