Category: Florida

8.19 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 19, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, FEC, Florida, New Jersey, Rhode Island

PAY TO PLAY AND MA’S. MSRB. “The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) is requesting comment on draft amendments to Rule G-37, the MSRB’s landmark pay-to-play rule for municipal securities dealers, that would extend the rule to municipal advisors. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act expanded the jurisdiction of the MSRB to include […]

7.31 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 31, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Mass., Mississippi

BRITAIN ON-LINE MAGAZINE VIEW ON US CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Spike. “When James Madison drafted the Bill of Rights, he and his enlightened peers believed their fellow men were potentially free-thinking, rational and autonomous agents, capable of enjoying ever-more freedom. Today we need a similar communal self-confidence; and we need to resist the calls to limit how […]

7.28 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 28, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, Florida, House, Virginia, Wyoming

SUNLIGHT AND SUPER PAC. ABC. “Now, as Obama enthusiastically raises money for Democratic super PACs, he’s embracing some of the same secretive elements of that system, drawing charges of hypocrisy from good-governance advocates who say the public deserves to know what Obama’s saying and to whom he’s saying it when donors pay for a few […]