In today’s inbox is the latest helpful message from the HLOGA/LDA automated email service, almost enough to make you want to go back to bed. Sign-up for the service here. March 2008 Quarterly Report Filing Reminder The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, requires […]
Category: HLOGA
The Times Keeping it Practical?
Today’s Times editorializes on the lack of a quorum at the FEC. This blog focuses on the pratical aspect of political law, so when the Times invokes its concerns at the “practical level,” it’s worth considering, although we do not necessarily have to agree with its conclusions. Lacking a quorum, the commission has been left […]
State of Play: Campaign Travel Rules
The FEC considered its final rules for campaign travel on December 14, 2007. HLOGA necessitated some rules changes for how campaigns accounted for travel on private aircraft, and other travel rules. What happened next? The FEC approved the rules, yet the rules were not, according to the FEC website, forwarded to Congress before the Commission […]