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Issa sites, lobbyist wins, former Senators on the Hill, and Newt in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 2, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, House, IRS, LDA, Nevada

ISSA WEBSITES IN THE NEWS. Roll Call reports. “In mid-February, videos posted by the California Republican’s staff on the YouTube page of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee contained a production credit for ‘DEI Productions’ instead of the ‘Oversight Productions’ moniker his office had used on other committee videos.” LOBBYIST WINS. Roll Call reports on […]

Political law moves and news for Tuesday, March 1st

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, IRS, LDA, Maryland, West Virginia

FORMER FEC CHAIRMAN MOVES. Former FEC Chairman Michael Toner joined Wiley Rein’s Election Law & Government Ethics Practice as co-chair. The firm’s release is online here. POLITICAL LAW PRACTICE LAUNCH. McGuireWoods launched a new Political Law Group and the firm’s press release is online here. KOCH ON KOCH. Politico links to Charles Koch’s WSJ piece […]

Earmarks, Facebook, super PACs, and issue advocacy in political law links for today

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 23, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Florida, IRS, LDA, Minnesota

WHAT IS AN EARMARK? That’s the topic of this Hill report. “‘One of the questions that will be worked out over the next year is the question of “what is an earmark,”‘ said Matt Dempsey, Inhofe’s spokesman. ‘Sen. Inhofe has been strong in saying that as long as something is authorized and appropriated, it’s not […]