Category: New York

Foreign convention involvement and other political law news for this morning

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 7, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Maine, New York

CONVENTION AND HOST COMMITTEE FUNDING. The AP covers recent developments on the Democratic convention here. I don’t know anything about the site called DemConWatch.com, but they quote a document purporting to list the restrictions on host committee donations. It looks like domestic subsidiaries of foreign companies are not prohibited from making in-kind donations, “provided that […]

Good morning; here are the political law links of the day (Thurs., Jan. 20)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 20, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC, LDA, New York

REP. NANCY PEL-OCE. To update a story from yesterday, The Hill reports on the Office of Congressional Ethics here. Roll Call also notes the story. CITIZENS UNITED. The agenda for today’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission is available here. Item V involves Citizens United. SUPPORTING GOV. CUOMO’S AGENDA. Who supports the new governor’s agenda? […]

Political law A.M. report for Wed., Jan. 19

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 19, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, Const Law Issues, Executive Branch, FEC, New York, Ohio

GOOD MORNING. Here are some political law and related stories for today. LOBBYIST POLICY COMMENTS UNDER WRAPS. The Hill reports on the transparency of comments on an OMB proposal addressing lobbyists on government boards and commissions. “‘Why OMB would not make the comments available is beyond me. It is inconsistent with the president’s agenda of […]