Category: Texas

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Delaware, FEC, Florida, Foreign Laws, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas

INDEPENDENT GROUP FUNDRAISING. The Post. “Interest groups closely linked to both parties revealed a bevy of financiers who wrote six- and seven-figure checks to back Republican and Democratic candidates in disclosure documents filed over the weekend.” KATZENBERG GIVES $2 MILLION. WSJ. “Most of Priorities USA Action’s haul came from a single, $2 million donation from […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 18, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Nevada, Texas

ELECTION LAW NEWSLETTER. Wiley Rein’s July 2011 Election Law News is online here. MASSA ETHICS MATTER. An Ethics Committee matter involving former Rep. Massa is in the news here. “The House Ethics Committee on Friday announced it has re-convened an investigative subcommittee to look into allegations that former Rep. Eric Massa sexually harassed a male […]

Comedy central at the FEC and other political law links for Friday

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 24, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, FEC, LDA, Texas

COMEDY CENTRAL TIME AT THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION. The FEC is scheduled to meet next week and one of the items on the agenda is an advisory opinion request from Stephen Colbert. STANFORD MONEY CASE. Bloomberg reports. “Five Democratic and Republican national political committees must return more than $1.7 million in contributions received from indicted […]