Category: House

Wednesday’s political law links, 6.26.13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 26, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, FEC, House, IRS, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Voting

VRA DECISION IMPACT. Roll Call. “The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling to gut the 1965 Voting Rights Act will change the country’s politics. And in some cases, the change could come as soon as 2014.” FREE SPEECH OPINION. Here. DID LERNER WAIVE? The Hill. “The House Oversight Committee will vote Friday on whether an Internal Revenue […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 6/6

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 6, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FCPA, FEC, House, New York, Wisconsin

FEC GC TO LEAVE. Roll Call. “Covington & Burling announced today that Tony Herman, the General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission, is returning to work at the firm. Herman was named the FEC General Counsel in September 2011.” MEMBER PAYMENTS QUESTIONS. USAT. “Over the past 10 years, Rep. Luis Gutierrez has paid a Chicago […]

Good morning, here are Tuesday’s political law links, 4/23

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 23, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, House, Illinois, IRS, LDA, New York, Pennsylvania

LAWSUIT IN ETHICS MATTER. The Hill. “Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is suing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and six other lawmakers, charging that they mishandled the ethics investigation that led to his public censure in late 2010.” OFA IN THE NEWS. Here. “Organizing for Action, the activist group that grew out of President Obama’s 2012 campaign, […]