Category: House

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (9/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 12, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCC, FEC, House, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

ROBOCALL REMINDER. FCC. “The TCPA and the Commission’s rules set forth restrictions that govern the use of prerecorded voice messages and automated telephone dialing systems, which may include certain political calls. These restrictions vary according to whether a call is delivered to a business or residential landline telephone, a cell phone, or some other category […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links (9/10/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 10, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Michigan, New Hampshire

LOBBYIST DEFINITION IN THE NEWS. The Post. “[Annette] Nazareth isn’t a registered lobbyist — a designation that is triggered under federal rules when a person spends 20 percent or more of his or her time engaged in ‘lobbying activities’ for a client over a three-month period.” MORE ON SEC RISK ALERT. Covington’s take on a […]

Back to school, back to political law links (9/4/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 4, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, HLOGA, House, IRS, LDA, Tennessee, Vermont

CAMPAIGN PLANE DETAILS. Story here. “Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan showed off the campaign’s new planes shining in the bright Florida sun Friday, but the aircraft are hardly brand new.” OCE REFERRAL ON REP. ANDREWS. Here. “The Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics recommended that the Committee on Ethics further review the above allegations […]