Did you notice that about ten million blogs (literally) went down yesterday? According to TechCrunch, ten million sites were impacted by a problem at WordPress.com, a popular service that hosts blogs. I self-host using WordPress software so this site wasn’t hit by the outage. * * * * * I’ve added a link in my […]
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Phila. Inquirer endorses parts of Schumer-Van Hollen
This Phildadelphia Inquirer editorial endorses the Schumer-Van Hollen framework for reforms after Citizens United. Groups running ads for or against a candidate would be required to report their donors to the Federal Election Commission. They’d also need to identify the top five donors in the advertising. And, in some cases, a corporate CEO would have […]
Schumer-Van Hollen framework’s lobbyist disclosure requirements
What might the Schumer-Van Hollen legislative response to Citizens United mean for lobbyist disclosure? According to the framework document, the legislation might provide: All registrants under the Lobbying Disclosure Act must disclose the following information: Every campaign expenditure in excess of $1000 Date it was received Recipient Name of each “covered candidate” or political party […]