REID REFORMS. WSJ. “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) took to the Senate floor to call for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to limit the flow of outside money into political campaigns.” RETHINK REFORM OP-EDS. NYT. “First is a $50 tax credit per donor per election cycle. Second is a voluntary matching fund […]
PAY TO PLAY AND MSRB UPDATE. Steptoe. “While regulators will seek to adjust in a post-McCutcheon world, counsel for targeted entities – in this case those entities that may do business with or advise municipalities – must first determine whether they meet the definition of ‘municipal advisor’ as set out by the SEC.” SUPER PAC […]
BYZANTINE CAMPAIGN FINANCE. RC (Lisa Gilbert). “In the case of this hearing on transparency in money in politics, there couldn’t be a more apt descriptor for our out-of-date, patchwork system of required disclosures of election spending, as recent U.S. Supreme Court cases have riddled the system with even more holes, making it still harder for […]