Category: Senate

Ethics, lobbying, bundling, the SOTU, and more in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 25, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Georgia, House, LDA, Mass., New York, Senate, Wisconsin

LOBBYING AND THE SOTU. The Hill. “President Obama took aim at K Street in his State of the Union Tuesday night, calling on Congress to limit the campaign fundraising activities of lobbyists.” SOTU EXCERPT. “I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and […]

Mergers, executive privilege, earmarks and elections, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 13, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, LDA, Maryland, New York, Senate, Washington, Wisconsin

FIRMS MERGE. Roll Call. “Duane Morris Government Affairs has scooped up GSP Consulting Corp. The combined shop, which will be called Duane Morris Government Strategies, is part of an effort to expand in the nation’s capital and in state capitals such as Harrisburg, Pa.” PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISING. BusinessWeek. “President Barack Obama, who has been characterized as […]

Wednesday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 16, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Courts & Cases, Executive Branch, FEC, House, Maryland, Nevada, Senate

SOLYNDRA ELECTION CONNECTION. The Hill. “Portions of emails released by House Republicans suggest that Obama administration officials pressed the now-bankrupt solar company Solyndra to delay announcing pending layoffs until after the 2010 midterm elections.” O’DONNELL PLEA TOO HARSH. Story here. “A federal judge in Los Angeles rejected a plea agreement between prosecutors and prominent attorney […]