Category: House

Foreign convention involvement and other political law news for this morning

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 7, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Maine, New York

CONVENTION AND HOST COMMITTEE FUNDING. The AP covers recent developments on the Democratic convention here. I don’t know anything about the site called DemConWatch.com, but they quote a document purporting to list the restrictions on host committee donations. It looks like domestic subsidiaries of foreign companies are not prohibited from making in-kind donations, “provided that […]

Fundraising rules, a lobbying plateau, and news from Japan in this morning’s political law report

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 3, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Foreign Laws, House, LDA

WHAT’S RIGHT AND WRONG ON MEMBER FUNDRAISING. Roll Call reports. “The House Ethics Committee issued a report last month with evidence that campaign donors were offered one-on-one meetings with Members of Congress, that senior Congressional staff participated in nearly every fundraising activity a Member conducted, and that a lobbyist discussed both a legislative concern and […]

Earmark death blow, Super Bowl lobbying, and VA SBE news in political law news this A.M.

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 2, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, FARA, FEC, House, LDA, Senate, Virginia

EARMARK DEATH BLOW? Politico reports on Sen. Inouye’s position on an earmark ban: “A renowned earmarker, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), said Tuesday that his panel will ban earmarks in any bills for the next two years.” More from the Times. WHY WAS OCE SPARED? “[Rep.] Bonner, now the chairman of Congress’ internal […]