HASEN ON BUSH. Slate. “The idea that Jeb Bush is not ‘testing the waters’ for a presidential run is absurd.” OCE LOSES GOSS. USAT. “Former congressman and former CIA director Porter Goss resigned as chairman of the Office of Congressional Ethics this week and was announced as a senior adviser in the public policy and […]
Category: FEC
Wed. political law links, 4-22
NEXT LEVEL SUPER PAC. NYT. “This year’s exodus to super PACs suggests that the real action is moving further away from the traditional campaigns — and further outside the decades-old regulatory system devised to insulate politics from the potentially corrosive influence of moneyed interests.” SUPER PAC EXPERIMENT. STLT. “Republican Jeb Bush may reshape the traditional […]
Friday’s political law links
HRC IDEAS. Slate. Hasen says “a constitutional amendment is a terrible way to try to fix the problem.” HRC DONATION POLICY. HuffPo. “Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will accept donations from lobbyists and political action committees, a difference in policy from the man she’s hoping to replace, President Barack Obama.” PARTY POWER DECLINE. NYT. “The uneventful passing of […]