Category: Michigan

Aides fly, ad buys, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 6, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FEC, HLOGA, LDA, Meta, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia

BITCOIN GIVING. Bloomberg. “The FEC’s legendary dysfunction aside, I don’t think it’ll be easy for it to refuse the PAC’s request. (In an e-mail, former FEC lawyer Kenneth Gross agreed.) As former FEC chairman Trevor Potter noted in another e-mail, campaigns and political committees may already accept contributions in foreign currencies (provided they are from […]

Bitcoin request and other political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 5, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Louisiana, Michigan, Texas, Virginia

BITCOIN REQUEST. Politico. “The Federal Election Commission is poised to determine rules governing donations made in Bitcoins and how they apply to political campaigns.” ERROR IN PAYMENT. Story here. “Rep. Tom Reed accidentally paid a Steuben County tax bill out of campaign funds last year, but he insisted Tuesday that the mistake – which broke […]

Wednesday’s political law links, 9-4-13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 4, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Florida, Foreign Laws, Michigan, New York City, Ohio, Texas

FL: BACK TO ETHICS SCHOOL. Story here. “Local officials already are seeing a tangible effect of the state’s major ethics reforms, passed this spring.” MI: SUPER PAC MOTOR CITY. Story here. “Super political action committees, which provide a major loophole for donors trying to get around limits on donations to candidates, is likely to have […]