Category: Virginia

Today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 30, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCC, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Virginia

WHEELER CONFIRMED. Here. “The Senate unanimously confirmed Tom Wheeler, an investor and former industry lobbyist, to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday.” TRICK OR TREAT. The agenda for tomorrow’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. AD BARRAGE. Politico. “The Democratic-leaning group Patriot Majority is going on air for the next week with […]

Mon. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 28, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Const Law Issues, FEC, Virginia

FIFTH CIR. ON IE GROUPS. BNA via Chris Gober. “Texas can’t stop corporations from contributing to independent expenditure-only political action committees, or Super-PACs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held Oct. 16, in a case that it said was ‘one step removed from the facts of Citizens United.’” CA: LIST RELEASE. AllGov. […]

Fri. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 25, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia

SOROS IN. The Hill. “The super-PAC, Ready for Hillary, tweeted on Thursday that Soros would serve as one of the co-chairs of the group’s national finance council.” CA: SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCED. CA AG. “California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Attorney General’s Office and the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) have jointly […]