$70 MILLION. Politico. “The Obama campaign announced in an email this morning that the president’s reelection effort and the Democratic National Committee raised a combined $70 million in the third quarter of the year[.]” ADS IN THE NEWS. The Post. “American Crossroads, the largest of a new generation of political interest groups, is seeking to […]
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Political law links for Wed., Oct. 12
TAIWAN LOBBYING. The Hill. “Lobbyists for Taiwan have been working behind the scenes to pressure the White House into selling advanced F-16 fighter jets to the longtime U.S. ally.” CHINA LOBBYING. Reuters. “China has launched an intense lobbying effort in Washington to kill legislation that would punish it for its currency system, in the latest […]
Monday’s political law links
A LOOK AT $35.8K/PLATE FUNDRAISERS. The Times. “There are the $35,800-a-ticket fund-raisers, and then there are the $35,800-a-ticket fund-raisers. The distance between a Presidio Heights villa overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco at sunset and a packed hall at a Masonic Temple with bad air-conditioning is a long one.” OPPOSITION TO OGE RULES […]