CU AND “WE THE PEOPLE.” The White House recently launched an online petition tool, “We the People.” According to the site, the “tool provides you with a new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country. If a petition gets enough support, White House staff […]
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Feignfold fighting, tax-exempt status denials, Waters news, and more political law links
FEINGOLD FIGHTING. Roll Call. “‘Almost nothing of our election laws is still standing,’ said Feingold, who now heads the political action committee Progressives United. The PAC’s mission is to counter and eventually reverse the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling, which overturned the long-standing ban on corporate and union spending for […]
Political law links for Monday, July 11th
FINANCIAL SAVVY OF MEMBERS. The Times reports. “Using the financial disclosures of politicians, the research team built model portfolios and charted their performance. They found that House members ‘earn statistically significant positive abnormal returns,’ outperforming the market by 6 percentage points.” COMMERCIALS AND CANDIDATES. Roll Call. “Credo Mobile, a liberal cellphone company, is always on […]