HOW SHOULD POLITICIANS USE TWITTER? That’s the topic of this e.politics collaborative effort between Sandi Fox and Sean Hurley. (I follow back almost everyone who follows me on Twitter.) In other Twitter news, a tweet sparked a controversy involving a lobbyist and lawmakers in Missouri and you can read more about that here. And in […]
Category: Missouri
K Street charitable giving; pre-presidential state PACs, and a few political law hits for today
K STREET CHARITY. Roll Call notes a trend in lobbyists’ donations to charitable organizations. “One note of caution with the figures is that there has been some confusion about which donations lobbying firms are required to disclose.” FUNDBOOK LAUNCH. The Hill notes a new service for local governments here. “Called FundBook, the free monthly publication […]
Political activity law A.M. report for Friday, Jan. 7
Good morning. Buckley at 35, Citizens United at 1 January is a big month in campaign finance case anniversaries. The swearing-in issues The Hill describes what happened. GOP Reps. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) cast their first votes of the 112th Congress on Thursday despite the fact they were technically not members of […]