Category: New York City

Political law links and my sincerest happy holidays wishes to you!

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 22, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FCPA, FEC, Happy Holidays, LDA, New York City

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON! I sincerely hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday season! Thanks for reading and your continued support. I look forward to sharing next year’s exciting political law news with you! Regular posts will resume on Jan. 3, 2012, but there may be a set of links or two between […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 20, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Executive Branch, FCC, FEC, New Jersey, New York City

OFFICIAL OR POLITICAL? Scott Coffina discusses the purpose of President Obama’s recent travels here. “For any president running for reelection, there is not always a clear line between politics and policy, and he is entitled to a degree of deference in classifying his public events. Nevertheless, federal law prohibits the use of taxpayer money for […]

Holiday franking, financial disclosure, texting money, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 19, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, DC, FEC, Foreign Laws, Hawaii, House, Illinois, LDA, Maryland, New York City, Washington

HOLIDAY FRANKING ADVICE. Story here. “Members of Congress send millions of dollars worth of mail to constituents every year but there are official rules that govern what can and cannot be said in those mailings. Members are barred, for example, from saying anything that might be construed as advocating their re-election.” LOBBYING XL. The Hill. […]