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Tues. top political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 4, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Maryland, New Mexico, New York City, Ohio, Virginia

NEW SUPER PAC. The Hill. “Tea Party Patriots, a prominent national group, is launching a super-PAC to engage heavily in Senate races and plans to target at least three Republican incumbents.” MS SUPER PAC LAUNCH. NY Times. “A group of Mississippi Republicans, moving to counter spending from out-of-state conservative groups, have created a ‘super PAC’ […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 6, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Delaware, Iowa, LDA, Maryland, Mass., Michigan, Nevada, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Virginia, Wisconsin

CHARITABLE MATCH RULES. Bloomberg. “U.S. companies, forbidden to give money directly to political action committees, are taking advantage of controversial federal rules allowing them to ask employees to do it for them in exchange for matching charitable donations.” READY FOR 16? Time. ”Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Presidential Campaign has rented its email list to Ready for […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 16, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York City, Vermont, Virginia

HEDGE FUNDERS GET ACTIVE. Forbes. “With the formation of the Super PAC, [Louis] Bacon joins a growing rank of hedge funders who have decided to throw their financial weight into politics. This year Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management, started his pro-environment Super PAC, NextGen Committee, which has taken on the Keystone XL pipeline, […]