Category: House

Conflicts, staffer asks, bribery abroad, nuke and tech industry lobbying, and more in today’s links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 25, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCPA, House, LDA, Senate, Texas

CHARGES FOR HAMPTON IN ENSIGN-RELATED MATTER. Roll Call reports. “Former Senate aide Doug Hampton has been indicted on charges that he violated conflict of interest laws — over allegations that he contacted his former boss, Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.), in violation of the chamber’s ‘revolving door’ rules — the Justice Department announced Thursday.” The DOJ […]

Tech and recalls, Waters and ethics, transparency transparency and more political law links for Thursday

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 24, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Florida, House, Minnesota, Voting

TECHNOLOGY AND THE GROWTH OF RECALLS. Blog post here. (I added the new and exciting Recall Elections Blog to my ever-growing list of links to your right.) IT’S MILLER TIME FOR PAC. Roll Call reports that Alaska’s Joe Miller will chair a PAC. WATERS AND ETHICS. The Hill reports. “Public interest groups on Wednesday asked […]

Lobbying, the money race, complaints, and ethics in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 23, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, FEC, House, LDA, Missouri, Senate

AMENDED COMPLAINT AGAINST MCCASKILL. Roll Call reports. “In a conference call with reporters, Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith said the state party would file an amended complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee, asking the panel to review McCaskill’s use of the plane for two political events.” THIRD TRIAL FOR KEVIN RING. Roll Call. […]