Category: House

Friday’s political law links and have a great weekend

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 15, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, FEC, House, LDA, Maryland

2012 = 1904? National Journal’s interview with Trevor Potter is online here. REP. HIRONO LEAVES ETHICS COMM. Roll Call. “Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) resigned Thursday from the House Ethics Committee in preparation for her upcoming bid for a seat in the Senate.” EDWARDS TRIAL UPDATE. WRAL. “A federal judge on Thursday set an October trial […]

Political law links for Monday, July 11th

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 11, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Tennessee

FINANCIAL SAVVY OF MEMBERS. The Times reports. “Using the financial disclosures of politicians, the research team built model portfolios and charted their performance. They found that House members ‘earn statistically significant positive abnormal returns,’ outperforming the market by 6 percentage points.” COMMERCIALS AND CANDIDATES. Roll Call. “Credo Mobile, a liberal cellphone company, is always on […]

Political law links for Tuesday, July 5

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 5, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, DC, Executive Branch, FARA, FEC, Georgia, House, Pennsylvania

ETHICS PANEL CONFIRMS MATTERS. Roll Call. “The House Ethics Committee on Friday afternoon confirmed that it is looking into possible ethics violations by Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) and two House staffers.” RECESS CHANGES. Roll Call. “Some lobbyists like the new schedule House Republicans put in place this year. But even they […]