Category: House

Political law links for Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 26, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Maine

SUPER PAC PRIMER. Covington’s super PAC primer is online here. SUPER PAC FINANCING. CBS. “Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are among the richest couples in the world with a fortune Forbes estimated at $23 billion, and they’re bankrolling the super PAC that supports Gingrich.” SUPER PAC SPENDING. CNN. “Super PACs have spent $35.4 million on the […]

Ethics, lobbying, bundling, the SOTU, and more in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 25, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Georgia, House, LDA, Mass., New York, Senate, Wisconsin

LOBBYING AND THE SOTU. The Hill. “President Obama took aim at K Street in his State of the Union Tuesday night, calling on Congress to limit the campaign fundraising activities of lobbyists.” SOTU EXCERPT. “I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 23, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, Foreign Laws, House, LDA, New Mexico

WH PETITION HITS 13K SIGNATURES. Althouse notes that an effort to petition the White House sparked by recent comments of Chris Dodd has over 13,000 signatures. COLBERT POKING FUN. Story here. “He said he must stand for corporations because, without legs, they cannot stand for themselves.” COLBERT AND HIS UNFUNNY RUN. Colbert King explains here. […]