LESSIG FAIL. NPR. “Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig’s pro-campaign finance reform group had extensive investments, but failed to get most of their preferred candidates elected. NPR’s Arun Rath speaks with Lessig for a post-election post-mortem.” REFORMERS WON. HuffPo. “The final passage of Sabin’s reforms are not just playing out in Arkansas, but reverberate across the […]
STEALTH LOBBYISTS BEWARE. Holland and Knight (C. DeLacy). “The recently released 2014 first quarter report of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) disclosed that one ‘entity’ had been referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for ‘failure to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.’” SUPER PAC CAMPAIGNS. WP. “In fact, there […]
FUNDRAISERS AT AIDE’S HOUSE. Breitbart. “Sen. Thad Cochran’s longtime executive assistant, Kay Webber, frequently rents the first floor of the stately Capitol Hill house she owns as a venue for fundraisers, including to Cochran’s campaign.” AMENDMENT MOVES. Fox. “To change the Constitution, two-thirds of the Senate and the House would have to back the measure. […]