Category: Illinois

Reverserobocall.com, texting campaign money in MD, public financing vote, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 5, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FEC, House, Illinois, IRS, LDA, Maryland, North Carolina

RICHARDSON INVESTIGATION. The Times. “Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico who ran for president in 2008, is being investigated by a federal grand jury for possible violations of campaign finance laws, according to people with knowledge of the inquiry.” HELP FOR HUNTSMAN, FROM A HUNTSMAN. The Times. “The group, financed in part by […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 28, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FEC, Illinois, LDA, New York

WELCOME. I hope you got to enjoy some time off during Thanksgiving. There are a few extra links in today’s set of links to make up for some lost ground. SUPER PAC SNAG. Story here. “The commission issued a draft advisory opinion Wednesday that if adopted would shoot down the Utah senator’s request to turn […]

Tuesday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 26, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, Illinois, LDA, Maryland

FACEBOOK PAC LAUNCH. TechCrunch. “Facebook has filed to establish FB PAC, a political action committee intended to ‘give [Facebook’s] employees a way to make their voice heard in the political process,’ presumably over and above voting and contributing independently to campaigns and other PACs.” The Times covers this development here. COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MOVE […]