The Office of Congressional Ethics issued a press release today regarding its unprecedented action to refer matters related to the PMA Group to the Department of Justice. This is after the House Ethics Committee issued this statement and this 305 page report.
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DISCLOSE Act Committee report and amendments
Proposed amendments to the DISCLOSE Act are summarized here at the Rules Committee’s website. The Committee meets at 3 p.m. tomorrow, 5/27 (of all days).
DISCLOSE Act: A Citizens United “fix” or not so much?
For all of what the DISCLOSE Act might do, does it seem to miss the “fix” the Supreme Court held in Citizens United: removing 441b’s ban on corporate independent expenditures from the books? As best as I can tell, it leaves 441b(a) untouched. (In this September 2009 post I asked what 441b would look like […]