SOLYNDRA ADS COMING. Story here. “Americans for Prosperity is going up with a $5 million ad buy against President Barack Obama on Solyndra.” HELP CHRISTIAN ADAMS GET HIS COAT BACK. If you were in Richmond to hear the argument in the ballot access case recently argued, you may have accidentally picked up the wrong coat […]
Category: Foreign Laws
Holiday franking, financial disclosure, texting money, and more political law links
HOLIDAY FRANKING ADVICE. Story here. “Members of Congress send millions of dollars worth of mail to constituents every year but there are official rules that govern what can and cannot be said in those mailings. Members are barred, for example, from saying anything that might be construed as advocating their re-election.” LOBBYING XL. The Hill. […]
Political law links for Nov. 9, 2011
LETTERMARKING AND PHONEMARKING UPDATE. The Hill. “The draft memo from the Obama administration could make disclosure of lettermarking and phonemarking routine — a possibility welcomed by watchdog groups, but feared by lobbyists who make their living off the appropriations process.” STEVENS CASE QUESTIONS. Politico. “Senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Eric […]