On May 8, 2009, the Brennan Center will host a Washington, DC event to discuss a number of interesting campaign finance issues. The Twitter hashtag is #bccfr and the agenda is online at Electionlawblog.org.
Category: FEC
Earmark Contribution Ban, Of a Sort
Two lawmakers are apparently going to introduce a law to ban the acceptance of contributions from any beneficiaries of earmark spending, according to this Glenn Thrush post.
Federal Election Commission Considering Opinion
The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow (public agenda here) to consider an advisory opinion request involving a corporation’s proposed charitable match program. Follow me on twitter (@EricSBrown) and I hope to tweet the outcome shortly after the Commission vote.