On Friday the Senate Select Committee on Ethics released its latest guidance on events during the national party conventions. The Democratic convention will take place August 25-28 in Denver. The Republican convention will take place September 1-4 in Minneapolis.
Events during the convention are the topic of this post at Washingtonpost.com. So while they will not be named sponsors, as Bonitatibus notes, Fannie and Freddie will still be bellying up to the bar, so to speak, with their pocketbooks and wallets. Both still plan to help pay for the housing industry parties, even if […]
The WSJ reports on the recent HLOGA/LDA guidance. New guidance released by Congress late Wednesday exempts lobbyists from reporting their financing of an array of political and charitable contributions, events and parties at political conventions. The capital’s lobbying community has been worried about the disclosure requirements because, for the first time, willful violations could carry […]