SUPER PAC SUGGESTIONS. NJ. “Candidates can’t legally talk strategy with a super PAC. But can they write a super PAC’s ad copy? That’s the question raised by a new page on Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s website, in which the New Hampshire Democrat is shopping what appears to be a 30-second ad script for an outside group. […]
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Post-McCutcheon Monday political law links
WHAT MCCUTCHEON MEANS. Politico. “The Supreme Court’s decision this week striking down cumulative caps on individual hard-dollar donations was yet another blow to the post-Watergate finance regime that has sought for decades – with only the most modest success – to banish special interests from the political process.” REFORM HAS MADE THINGS WORSE. WP (Samuelson). […]
Good morn., here are today’s top political law links
CHARITABLE DONATIONS. Roll Call. “Over $100,000 in leftover campaign funds of a deceased member of Congress have been donated to ten charities.” MEMBERS TRADE. Roll Call. “Members of Congress continue to report their periodic stock transactions as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.” DELAY FOIA CASE. The Hill. “A federal appeals […]