Category: Virginia

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 6.24.13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 24, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Alabama, Arizona, DC, FCC, FEC, HLOGA, Iowa, LDA, Minnesota, Virginia

REVOLVING DOOR ISSUES AND THE FCC. The Post. “The real problems crop up when the revolving door turns the other way, carrying people from the FCC to private industry. The prospect of a future lobbying job is a powerful inducement for public officials to take industry-friendly positions.” SITE QUESTIONS. WS. “Reports surfaced earlier this week […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 6.18.13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 18, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Hawaii, IRS, Virginia

SCOTUS DECIDES. Politico. “The Supreme Court ruled Monday against an Arizona ballot measure requiring new voters to present proof of citizenship before being added to the voting rolls — but the justices dodged the question of whether states could ever impose such a requirement without federal approval.” CRUZ REACTION. Politico. “Ted Cruz didn’t wait long […]

Tuesday’s political law links, 6/11/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 11, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, DC, FEC, IRS, LDA, Virginia

FEC MEETING. The agenda for Thursday’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE ALERT. The Post. “Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.” […]