Category: House

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (8/29/12)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 29, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, HLOGA, House, LDA, New York, Voting, Washington

TX MAP DECISION. The Times. “A federal court in Washington ruled on Tuesday that political maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature in Texas discriminated against minority voters, a decision that black and Hispanic groups claimed as a victory and the state attorney general vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.” TECH IN TAMPA. ClickZ. “The […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links (8/17)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 17, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, House, Kansas, Nevada, Tennessee

TWITTER POLICE. Roll Call. “As Twitter use has expanded, lawmakers have struggled to nail down and then conform to specific rules and regulations regarding their behavior.” COORDINATION ISSUE ANALYSIS. NRO. “Campaign-finance restrictions are designed to advance progressivism, and it is natural to want to see progressives hoisted on their own petard. But those who would […]

8/6/12 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 6, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, IRS, LDA, Ohio, South Carolina, Voting

GEOTARGETED ADWORDS. The Verge. “Google has long offered specific geographic ad targeting, but this election season it’s getting even more local by allowing users to target ads to specific congressional districts.” REP. TIERNEY AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. Story here. “Officials with three nonpartisan open-government groups said this week that the House Committee on Ethics should […]