Category: House

Thurs. pol. law links

SCHOCK SWAP.  CT.  “Schock’s use of the Fryes’ condo and travel services may run afoul of campaign laws and House ethics rules, according to legal experts.” ICE CREAM DONATION.  WFB.  “The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s say the ice cream they handed out at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I., Vt.) presidential kickoff event on Tuesday was […]

5-21 political law links

VISUALIZED:  POLITICAL DATA.  I’ll be spending most of today at “Visualized: Political Data,” a “conference focused entirely on exploring, analyzing, and visualizing political data, as well as discussing the potential impact of political data visualizations.”  The day features an impressive set of speakers. SUPER PAC MOVES.  NYT.  “The shuffle is taking place as Guy Cecil, who […]

Secret trip funding and other political law links

HOUSE TRIP QUESTIONS.  WP.  “The state-owned oil company of Azerbaijan secretly funded an all-expenses-paid trip to a conference in Baku, on the Caspian Sea, in 2013 for 10 members of Congress and 32 staff members, according to a confidential ethics report obtained by The Washington Post. Three former top aides to President Obama appeared as speakers […]