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Public financing and EAC termination, STOCK Act views, Waters ethics, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Meta, New York City

CONGRESS WATCH’S LISA GILBERT ON STOCK ACT. Here. “This issue is not a partisan one, but one of ethics, and so it seems likely that the bill will continue to garner the momentum it needs to become law. Hopefully more members will join in this bipartisan effort to apply the insider trading laws uniformly across […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 7, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Executive Branch, LDA, Meta

CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW MOVERS AND SHAKERS. Scott Bieniek, Sarah Troupis, and Joseph LaRue have left Jim Bopp’s law firm to join the Cain campaign, according to this WSJ Blog report. PERRY DISCLOSES TRAVEL DEBT. The Times. “Gov. Rick Perry of Texas on Friday disclosed new travel-related campaign debts of almost $230,000 that appear to largely […]

Vino, FARA guru, big asks, anti-tea news, and other political law links for today

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 18, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FARA, FEC, House, LDA, Maryland, Meta, Michigan, Minnesota

IN-KIND VINO VERITAS. Roll Call reports. “Since 2001, donors attending [Mike Thompson’s] parties and other contributors have given the California Democrat more than 800 gifts of wine worth about $340,000, according to a CQ MoneyLine study of campaign finance reports.” EARMARK REQUESTS. Mike Thompson is also noted in this story about earmark requests. LAWSUIT OVER […]