Category: Senate

Lobbying, the money race, complaints, and ethics in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 23, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, FEC, House, LDA, Missouri, Senate

AMENDED COMPLAINT AGAINST MCCASKILL. Roll Call reports. “In a conference call with reporters, Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith said the state party would file an amended complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee, asking the panel to review McCaskill’s use of the plane for two political events.” THIRD TRIAL FOR KEVIN RING. Roll Call. […]

Aircraft tax issues, disputed charges, lobbyist pasts in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 22, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FCC, IRS, LDA, Michigan, Senate, Utah

PLANE ISSUES IN MISSOURI. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. “McCaskill said she is sending a check to the St. Louis County Collector of Revenue for $287,273 to cover three years worth of personal property taxes. She also said she has instructed her husband — a wealthy developer — to ‘sell the damn plane.’” Politico’s story […]

CU, Koch, Casino Jack, and commission appointments in today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 21, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FARA, FEC, House, Nebraska, Senate, Tennessee, Utah

CANDIDATE LOAN STORY. In Roll Call this morning. “Members of Congress have discovered another way to err on their annual financial disclosure reports.” KOCH AND POMPEO. The Post reports. “When Mike Pompeo needed funding for a Wichita aerospace company, one of the places he and his partners went for help was Koch Industries, a hometown […]