Category: LDA

Friday the 13th political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 13, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, Executive Branch, FEC, House, LDA, New Mexico, New York, New York City, Virginia

ROBERTS KEY. USAT. “Limits on federal election campaign contributions that have stood for nearly 40 years appear ready to fall unless Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts rescues them, as he did President Obama’s health care law.” NEW TREASURER. Roll Call. “Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., has brought in a new treasurer for her congressional campaign […]

Fines in state cases and other political law links, 9/12/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 12, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Alaska, California, FEC, House, Kentucky, LDA, Ohio, Tennessee

EMAIL ISSUE. BLT. “Dickstein Shapiro was the unexpected target of ire today by Republican and Democrat members of the House Committee on Government Reform, who assailed the firm for conduct that ‘crosses the line.’” CLINTON CONNECTION. The Post. “The D.C. businessman at the center of an ongoing city corruption investigation secretly spent more than a […]

No RGIII, only today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 10, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, LDA, Michigan, Ohio

MEMBER WEALTH. Roll Call. “Rep. Darrell Issa — long one of the wealthiest lawmakers — is now the richest member of Congress with a reported minimum net worth of more than $355 million.” TREASURER RESIGNS. Story here. “The treasurer of former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s campaign committee has resigned less than a month after Jackson […]