Category: House

Good morning, here are political law links for Fri., 4/19/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 19, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Arkansas, Colorado, House, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia

FORMER AIDE TO TESTIFY. Politico. “Rep. Michele Bachmann’s former chief of staff is expected to admit that her presidential campaign inappropriately paid an Iowa state senator to work for her, according to a report.” AR: POTENTIAL LOBBYIST GIFT RULE. Story here. ”An Arkansas legislative panel has advanced an effort to outlaw most lobbyist gifts to […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 4/18/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 18, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, House, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia

MCCONNELL CASE DEVELOPMENT. BuzzFeed. “The head of a group accused of illegally taping private meetings of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign visited the White House days before the group’s Twitter account began actively attacking the Kentucky Republican, according to White House visitors logs.” BACHMANN BOOK ISSUE. Story here. “The Office of Congressional Ethics investigation […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 4/15/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2013
Categories In Arizona, Connecticut, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont

ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED. The Hill. “A government watchdog group on Thursday filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the secretly taped strategy session that was leaked to the media this week.” STOCK ACT CHANGES. Politico. “Congress has quickly and quietly moved to considerably scale back financial disclosure requirements that were mandated by […]