Category: Illinois

FEC, EAC, the CR, K Street, and Rahm in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 28, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, LDA, Nevada

“FEC HAS MANY QUERIES FOR MEMBERS.” Roll Call. “A handful of Members of Congress have among them received hundreds of complaints from the Federal Election Commission about inaccuracies in their campaign finance reports over the past several years, far beyond the average of most campaigns.” LOTT, K STREET POWER BROKER. Roll Call. R TILT AT […]

Valentine’s Day political law news, what could be more romantic?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 14, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Illinois, Maryland, Mass., West Virginia

PRISON FOR SCANLON. Michael Scanlon was sentenced Friday. Roll Call. The Times. The DOJ release is here. “To date, 20 individuals, including lobbyists and public officials, have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial in connection with the activities of Abramoff and his associates. Abramoff pleaded guilty in January 2006 to conspiracy to commit […]

Political activity law A.M. report for Tuesday, Jan. 18

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 18, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Illinois, Kentucky, LDA, North Carolina

POLITICAL ACTIVITY LAW A.M. REPORT FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011 GOOD MORNING. Here are some of the political law stories from the last few days. (As you can see, I’ve changed the format a little.) SPEECH OR DEBATE. The Constitution’s “speech or debate” clause and its operation in corruption investigations is the topic of this […]