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Good morning, today’s political law links, 7-15

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 15, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, DC, Georgia, IRS, Montana, New York City, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia

FEC STRUGGLE. The Post. “Long-standing dysfunction at the Federal Election Commission reached a new level of personal acrimony in recent weeks, fueled by a power struggle between Republican commissioners and the agency’s top lawyer, who abruptly resigned.” NOMINATIONS MOVE. Levinthal. “The Senate Rules and Administration Committee will on July 24 conduct a confirmation hearing on […]

Here are Friday’s political law links, 5/10

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 10, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, New York, New York City, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia

ENDING PUBLIC FUNDING: WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY IN THE FUND? Heritage. “H.R. 1724, the Kids First Research Act of 2013, sponsored by Representative Gregg Harper (R–MS), would end the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF). That’s the good news. But then the bill would authorize spending existing PECF funds on a new 10-year pediatric […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 4/18/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 18, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, House, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia

MCCONNELL CASE DEVELOPMENT. BuzzFeed. “The head of a group accused of illegally taping private meetings of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign visited the White House days before the group’s Twitter account began actively attacking the Kentucky Republican, according to White House visitors logs.” BACHMANN BOOK ISSUE. Story here. “The Office of Congressional Ethics investigation […]