Category: Senate

Shareholder Protection and DISCLOSE: hear a lame duck?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 5, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

U.S. PIRG’s Lisa Gilbert endorses the DISCLOSE Act and the Shareholder Protection Act in this Huffington Post editorial. She notes Target’s $150,000 to a group supporting Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer (see my separate post tonight on developments related to that story). UPDATE: 8/6/10: This Times editorial endorses a public financing proposal recently introduced.

Kagan confirmed (as if you didn’t realize that)

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 5, 2010
Categories In Senate

I’m just fulfilling my duty as a legal blogger here. The Senate roll call is here.

Presidential Financing Act: Campaign finance reform fatigue? Not these guys

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 31, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

Legislation to reform the presidential public financing system was introduced yesterday by Senator Feingold and Reps. Price, Van Hollen, Castle, and Platts. Rep. Price has information available here.