Category: New York

Wednesday’s political law links for Nov. 2nd

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 2, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, IRS, LDA, New York, Senate

CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL UPDATE. USAT. “Four years after Congress imposed restrictions on travel funded by outside groups, federal lawmakers are frequent fliers again, taking 415 privately funded trips between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 — a nearly 75% jump in the number of trips they took during the same period in 2010, records show.” COMPLIANCE ISSUES. […]

A few Solyn-drips and other political law links for today

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 14, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, House, New York, Texas

SOLYN-DRIP I. The Post. “The Obama White House tried to rush federal reviewers for a decision on a nearly half-billion-dollar loan to the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra so Vice President Biden could announce the approval at a September 2009 groundbreaking for the company’s factory, newly obtained e-mails show.” ABC News has a report here. SOLYN-DRIP II. […]

Good morning, here are Tuesday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 13, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, House, LDA, Mass., New York

CA CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCANDAL. Politico. “Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she was ‘wiped out’ by Kinde Durkee, a well-connected California Democratic political operative who served as treasurer for hundreds of state, local and federal campaign committees.” BOTTOM OF THE 9TH. Roll Call. “One way or the other, the spin will start in a New York […]