Category: Senate

Lettermarking and phonemarking

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 29, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

More from the Hill this morning. Watchdogs contacted by The Hill on Tuesday said that so-called “lettermarking” and “phonemarking” could eclipse earmarking as the top concern of groups that monitor government spending.

Political activity law A.M. report for Monday, Dec. 20

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 20, 2010
Categories In A.M. Report, Courts & Cases, Louisiana, Maine, Senate

Good morning. What’s news? An interesting start to a motion to acquit in the Kevin Ring case “This jury was the first in the United States to determine whether a registered federal lobbyist committed honest services fraud for conduct that was, under any view of the evidence, intricately intertwined with legal lobbying efforts.” Read here. […]

Political activity law A.M. report for Thursday, Dec. 16

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 16, 2010
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, FEC, House, LDA, Michigan, Missouri, Senate

Good morning. Here are some political law stories this morning. More on texting donations In Politico. Caleb Burns, a partner at Wiley Rein who submitted CTIA’s proposal, said he is “disappointed” that the FEC ruled to impose additional requirements. “The campaign finance laws did not require the FEC to rule this way, but the FEC […]