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 […]
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Politicos not verified on Twitter, Stern is; Wikipedia and political law; other political law links today
GETTING VERIFIED ON TWITTER. ClickZ’s Kate Kaye explains how Twitter’s account verification system quickly “verified” Howard Stern’s new Twitter account, but Gov. Bob McDonnell isn’t so lucky. POLITICAL LAW ON WIKIPEDIA. I proudly just added an entry on “political law” at Wikipedia. “Election law” has had an entry on Wikipedia for a while, but why […]
Political activity law A.M. report for Thursday, Dec. 16
Good morning. Here are some political law stories this morning. More on texting donations In Politico. Caleb Burns, a partner at Wiley Rein who submitted CTIA’s proposal, said he is “disappointed” that the FEC ruled to impose additional requirements. “The campaign finance laws did not require the FEC to rule this way, but the FEC […]