An interesting Q&A with Sen. Feingold in Wilamette Week: [Q:] Your name will be forever associated with McCain’s because of the groundbreaking McCain-Feingold campaign finance rules. These days, does that association feel a bit like having the name of an ex-girlfriend tattooed on your biceps? [A:] [Laughs] Not at all! I’m very proud of the […]
Category: FEC
Market Downturn Hits Campaigns?
The slide in the market hurts a lot of families. Not that anyone is really thinking about it, but does the slide hurt campaigns, too? For those campaigns that invest their funds in various mutual funds, huge losses can hurt. Here’s one report from 2004 involving the Frist campaign’s investment strategy. A campaign fund controlled […]
SEC v. Hsu
The LA Times has an update on Norman Hsu. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles that accuses Hsu of using a company called Next Components to solicit investments that promised high rates of return by providing short-term loans to other companies.