Category: FEC

Halloween political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 31, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, FEC, House, Nevada, New York City, Texas, Virginia, Washington

BIZ BACK FROM THE DEAD. Roll Call. “An under-the-radar special election in Alabama next week will provide the first post-shutdown test case for moderate, business-friendly Republicans seeking to neutralize the GOP’s tea party faction that nearly led the country to credit default earlier this month.” RELATIVE FRIGHT. Here. “As a former House staffer, I’m pretty […]

Mon. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 28, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Const Law Issues, FEC, Virginia

FIFTH CIR. ON IE GROUPS. BNA via Chris Gober. “Texas can’t stop corporations from contributing to independent expenditure-only political action committees, or Super-PACs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Oct. 16, in a case that it said was ‘one step removed from the facts of Citizens United.’” CA: LIST RELEASE. AllGov. […]

Wed. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 23, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, FEC, House, LDA, Mass., New Jersey

BILLS RISE. Here. ” A congressman . . . has paid $25,000 for his legal defense before a panel probing his campaign spending.” PEOPLE’S PLEDGES AND CFR. Story here. “Recently, another approach has emerged: private contracts between candidates about spending by third party groups outside the control of the campaign. ” TWITTER LOBBYING. The Post. […]