FRANKEN SOLICITS $1 MILLION. I received this eye-catching solicitation (with a subject, “A perfectly reasonable request”) a few days ago from Franken for Senate seeking “$50,000, $100,000, even $1 million” for his senate campaign. (Don’t worry, I’m signed up for literally dozens of campaigns across the political spectrum for academic reasons.) AZ: REFORM DOOM. AZ […]
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Thurs. political law links
DONATIONS AND ENTRY BAN. NYT. “The Obama administration overturned a ban preventing a wealthy, politically connected Ecuadorean woman from entering the United States after her family gave tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic campaigns, according to finance records and government officials.” IRS FREEZE. Politico. “IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on Wednesday told employees that the […]
Political law links
THE CFR-CROMNIBUS. BillMoyers.com. “Bloomberg BNA reports that ‘for now,’ Sen. Mitch McConnell has backed away from the strategy Paul Blumenthal describes below. But campaign reformers remain ;wary that the incoming Senate majority leader would renew efforts to roll back limits on campaign money when Republicans take over the Senate following the current, lame-duck session.’” ONE […]