Category: House

political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 10, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, House, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin

SUPER PAC SPENDS. Times of San Diego. “A conservative political action committee announced plans Tuesday to spend $500,000 on advertising in the 52nd Congressional district race to support Republican Carl DeMaio.” EX-AIDE ALLEGATIONS. USAT. “A former employee of the top-ranking Republican woman in the House said Monday that ethics investigators have expanded their probe into the […]

8.4 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 4, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, House, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mass., Wisconsin

RETHINK CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Daily World. “In a rare show of solidarity, the leaders of the Louisiana Democratic Party and the Louisiana Republican Party have joined forces in an effort to loosen restrictive campaign finance laws. And well they should.” SMALL DONOR SOLUTION. HuffPo. “In the effort to sell solutions, [Public Campaign’s] Donnelly intends to focus […]

7.28 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 28, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, Florida, House, Virginia, Wyoming

SUNLIGHT AND SUPER PAC. ABC. “Now, as Obama enthusiastically raises money for Democratic super PACs, he’s embracing some of the same secretive elements of that system, drawing charges of hypocrisy from good-governance advocates who say the public deserves to know what Obama’s saying and to whom he’s saying it when donors pay for a few […]