WATERS DEVELOPMENTS. Roll Call. “Plagued by infighting, allegations of improprieties and the collapse of its investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters, the Ethics Committee on Wednesday took the unprecedented step of hiring an outside counsel to review the panel’s operations and decide whether the probe of the California Democrat can move forward.” CHAMBER LOBBYING. Roll Call. […]
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Feignfold fighting, tax-exempt status denials, Waters news, and more political law links
FEINGOLD FIGHTING. Roll Call. “‘Almost nothing of our election laws is still standing,’ said Feingold, who now heads the political action committee Progressives United. The PAC’s mission is to counter and eventually reverse the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which overturned the long-standing ban on corporate and union spending for […]
Monday’s political law links
ELECTION LAW NEWSLETTER. Wiley Rein’s July 2011 Election Law News is online here. MASSA ETHICS MATTER. An Ethics Committee matter involving former Rep. Massa is in the news here. “The House Ethics Committee on Friday announced it has re-convened an investigative subcommittee to look into allegations that former Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed a male […]