Category: House

Who’s exploring, who’s not lobbying, and news from the north in my political law links for this morn.

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 4, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Foreign Laws, House, LDA, Washington

TARGET ON ISSA. Roll Call reports. RNC’S NEW TOP LAWYER. A report is here. “Texas National Committeeman Bill Crocker will take over the position Priebus held while Michael Steele was RNC chairman. Crocker has been the RNC committeeman for Texas since 2004.” MPAA CHANGES EVERYTHING. Here’s news on former Senator Dodd’s move to the MPAA. […]

Issa sites, lobbyist wins, former Senators on the Hill, and Newt in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 2, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, House, IRS, LDA, Nevada

ISSA WEBSITES IN THE NEWS. Roll Call reports. “In mid-February, videos posted by the California Republican’s staff on the YouTube page of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee contained a production credit for ‘DEI Productions’ instead of the ‘Oversight Productions’ moniker his office had used on other committee videos.” LOBBYIST WINS. Roll Call reports on […]

Seaport lobbying and the LLC loophole in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 22, 2011
Categories In House, LDA, Maryland, Nevada, Senate, Wisconsin

SEAPORT EARMARKS. “The budget-cutting fervor that killed earmark spending has sent a panic through the nation’s seaports, where billions of federal dollars have traditionally been directed almost entirely at the discretion of lawmakers.” Roll Call reports. HARMAN DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION COSTS. Who should pay? The Hill explains. “Harman is the third wealthiest member of Congress, […]