Category: Virginia

8.18 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 18, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia

LANDRIEU ALLEGATIONS. Thetowntalk.com. “The group, Keep Louisiana Working, based its complaint on CNN stories reporting that Landrieu, D-New Orleans, is reimbursing the federal government for plane flights that should have been charged to her campaign committee.” FACEBOOK DEFENDS. Newsweek. “Facebook made a $10,000 donation to the reelection campaign of a U.S. politician who fought strongly […]

8.11 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 11, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Delaware, Mass., Montana, Utah, Virginia

PAY TO PLAY SUIT. CNBC. “The Republican state committees from New York and Tennessee said the federal securities regulator had flouted due procedure when adopting its Political Contribution Rule, which they said also violated the constitutional right to freedom of speech.” CHAPMAN ON CFR. Chicago Tribune. “What it boils down to is that both sides […]

7.29 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 29, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, Foreign Laws, Mass., Montana, New York, Virginia

STEALTH LOBBYISTS BEWARE. Holland and Knight (C. DeLacy). “The recently released 2014 first quarter report of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) disclosed that one ‘entity’ had been referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for ‘failure to register under the Lobbying Disclosure Act.’” SUPER PAC CAMPAIGNS. WP. “In fact, there […]