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Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 16, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York City, Vermont, Virginia

HEDGE FUNDERS GET ACTIVE. Forbes. “With the formation of the Super PAC, [Louis] Bacon joins a growing rank of hedge funders who have decided to throw their financial weight into politics. This year Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management, started his pro-environment Super PAC, NextGen Committee, which has taken on the Keystone XL pipeline, […]

Today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 30, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCC, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Virginia

WHEELER CONFIRMED. Here. “The Senate unanimously confirmed Tom Wheeler, an investor and former industry lobbyist, to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday.” TRICK OR TREAT. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. AD BARRAGE. Politico. “The Democratic-leaning group Patriot Majority is going on air for the next week with […]

Good morning, here are Thursday’s political law links, 10-3-13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 3, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, DC, Iowa, IRS, LDA, New Jersey, State Issues, Wisconsin

MCGEHEE: KEEP LIMITS. CNN. “If the Supreme Court sides with McCutcheon, all it will have done is open new routes for corruption without closing the old ones.” LIPTAK ON MCCUTCHEON. The Times. “The Supreme Court will hear his challenge to the overall limits next Tuesday.” WALKING DEAD, FEC EDITION. The Post. “The computers will be […]