Category: New York

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 4/15/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2013
Categories In Arizona, Connecticut, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Maryland, Missouri, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont

ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED. The Hill. “A government watchdog group on Thursday filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) over the secretly taped strategy session that was leaked to the media this week.” STOCK ACT CHANGES. Politico. “Congress has quickly and quietly moved to considerably scale back financial disclosure requirements that were mandated by […]

April 2, 2013 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 2, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Executive Branch, HLOGA, LDA, New York, Pennsylvania

LATEST GAO REPORT ON LOBBYIST COMPLIANCE. GAO. OCE TENSION. Story here. “Congress founded the OCE in 2008, establishing an outside ethics review organization, good government activists say, because of a lack of confidence in the standing House ethics panel.” DISAPPEARING LOBBYISTS. Roll Call. “Edward Newberry, a partner in Patton Boggs’ public policy and lobbying division, […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 3/27

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 27, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Georgia, New York, North Carolina

FREE SPEECH ALERT. Political Law Briefing. “The ruling is an important reminder that advocacy groups cannot always avoid Federal Election Commission rules merely by organizing themselves as a 501(c)(4), 527, or nonprofit established under state law.” SUPER PACS AT 3. CCP. “SpeechNow came about because of a fundamental unfairness in the Federal campaign finance laws […]