Brian Ross reports on what leadership PACs are up to in this ABC News report (link to video). ProPublica has more. In the past three election cycles, lobbyists and special interests poured $355 million into these funds, making them the second-largest source of political money for sitting members of Congress.
Category: FEC
The Race for 2012
Politico reports that Gov. Tim Pawlenty will be launching a political action committee soon. Pawlenty will kick off the fundraising organization with a high-dollar event in Minneapolis on November 4th, according to his advisers. The $5,000 per-person dinner will be a home-state start to Pawlenty’s potential 2012 run, mostly underwritten by the governor’s fellow Minnesotans. […]
Political Law Newsletter, Blog, and Twitterer Updates
I always enjoy sharing some of the new online resources in the political law world. (Apologies to those I missed.) Covington’s latest Political Law Update is online now; Political GPS: Womble Carlyle Political Law has a recent update here; Wiley Rein’s September 2009 edition of Election Law News is available online. Look who’s on Twitter! […]