Category: FEC

Political law links, 3/20/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 20, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, Const Law Issues, FCC, FEC, Foreign Laws, Georgia, House, Vermont

ETHICS UPDATE. Politico. “The House Ethics Committee will launch full-scale investigations into two veteran lawmakers, Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) in its first major probes of the 113th Congress.” FCC AND CELL ROBOCALLS. CNET. “The Federal Communications Commission has issued citations that accuse two companies of bombarding wireless customers with millions of […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/19

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 19, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, FEC, Georgia, Kentucky, Meta, North Carolina

CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY VIEWS. MSN Money. “Though campaign finance experts acknowledge that political contributions are companies’ best defense against policies opposing their interests, they also know that passing a politician a stack of cash can have unintended consequences for a company with a corporate identity so tightly tethered to social responsibility.” GOP REPORT ID’S CAMPAIGN […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/18/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 18, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, FEC, Florida, HLOGA, LDA, New York City, Utah

LEE RADEK, 69. The Post. “Mr. Radek worked for the Justice Department for more than three decades, beginning in 1971 when he joined the criminal division as a trial lawyer. Five years later, he moved to the fledgling Public Integrity Section, which was created in the wake of the Watergate scandal and tasked with the […]