Category: LDA

Political law links for Fri., Jan. 27, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 27, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Foreign Laws, LDA, North Carolina, Senate, Wisconsin

STOCK ACT SET FOR VOTE. Roll Call. “The Senate is set to vote on taking up legislation Monday that would explicitly ban federal lawmakers and their staff from trading on insider information.” ROMNEY TO REVISE. Story here. “Mitt Romney could face new questions about his overseas investments after a campaign official acknowledged to NBC News […]

Political law links for Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 26, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, LDA, Maine

SUPER PAC PRIMER. Covington’s super PAC primer is online here. SUPER PAC FINANCING. CBS. “Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are among the richest couples in the world with a fortune Forbes estimated at $23 billion, and they’re bankrolling the super PAC that supports Gingrich.” SUPER PAC SPENDING. CNN. “Super PACs have spent $35.4 million on the […]

Ethics, lobbying, bundling, the SOTU, and more in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 25, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Georgia, House, LDA, Mass., New York, Senate, Wisconsin

LOBBYING AND THE SOTU. The Hill. “President Obama took aim at K Street in his State of the Union Tuesday night, calling on Congress to limit the campaign fundraising activities of lobbyists.” SOTU EXCERPT. “I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and […]