“FEEBLE” IRS. Politico. “If you’re looking for the cop on the beat for much of the outside spending in 2012 — when Republican-allied groups alone intend to spend upwards of $1 billion — stop by the IRS, one of the most feared and hated government agencies around. Except when it comes to political spending, the […]
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10/11/12 political law links
NATS AND K ST. The Hill. “The excitement generated by the team’s playoff run has given the city’s warring political factions something to agree on during the bitter presidential campaign season.” D’S AND SUPER PACS. National Journal. “How did all the early doom-and-gloom predictions turn out to be so off-base? Campaign finance reform advocates made […]
Wednesday’s political law links (10/10/12)
BIG BIRD LEGAL ISSUES. WSJ. “The folks at Sesame Street are asking the Obama campaign to pull down a TV ad released Tuesday that mocks Mitt Romney for vowing to yank the subsidy to PBS.” ETHICS AND ELECTIONS. Story here. “Even as the House ethics committee announced it would continue its informal investigation, Andrews denies […]