A message to the friends of PoliticalActivityLaw.com

MAY 2016 UPDATE:  POLITICALACTIVITYLAW.COM RE-LAUNCH COMING SOON.

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be re-launching PoliticalActivityLaw.com soon with new content and features to fuel and further interest in political law topics!  I’ll  be working out some of the cobwebs on the site before going full tilt.  But please be assured that PoliticalActivityLaw.com is malware and virus free and open for business!  Feel free to resume sending me links, items of interests, job openings, and anything else you see fit related to political law you seek to share.

Where have I been?  In June 2015 I was honored to join Cruz for President as General Counsel in the campaign’s Houston, Texas headquarters.  Needless to say, the position was demanding, challenging, and exciting beyond anything I had experienced in my career.  It was a privilege to work with the amazing and inspiring campaign team brought together in Houston, the spectacular and dedicated Cruz Crew volunteers across the country, and an amazing group of lawyers I affectionately call Cruz Counsel.  I returned to my home in the Washington, DC area about ten days ago (with some new Texas boots), just after the campaign released its “To be continued” video.

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POLITICAL LAW LINKS ON PAUSE.  June 2015.  My apologies for the abruptness of this announcement, but it is with sincere regret that today I’m announcing political law links will no longer be prepared and posted to PoliticalActivityLaw.com.  After over seven years, I’ve decided to hit “pause” on the site for an indefinite period to devote my full attention and energies to my new job.  To those of you who’ve subscribed and read for all of these years, thank you.  Over the years I’ve received countless emails and links from so many of you interested in the arcane and dynamic area of political law.  Without your help and interest I couldn’t have continued the site for so long.  I won’t be removing the archives, so they’ll still be available to search, as always.  In addition, if you’re an email subscriber, although you’re free to unsubscribe, if you don’t you’ll be sure to get the news when posts resume.  Your email address will never be used for any other purpose.

Again, thank you.

Wed. political law links

RULES CHANGE HELPS R’S.  BM.com.  “Under the old rules, an individual could give up to $33,400 a year to the Republican or Democratic national committees. The new rule allows donors to give 10 times that amount.”

SUPER PAC HAUL.  MW.  “A super PAC backing Jeb Bush is likely to fall short of collecting $100 million by the end of this month.”

SUPER PAC HIRE.  Bloomberg.  “According to two people close to Kasich, his super-PAC, New Day for America, has hired Fred Davis to do its media work and strategy.”

WAXMAN HIRED.  Hill.  “Former Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is now a registered lobbyist for T-Mobile and four other groups.”

BONANZA.  NYT.  “Most lobbying compensation packages are closed to public view, but some – especially of top officials working for tax-exempt trade associations – are not.”

LOBBYING RULE ISSUE.  Navy Times.  “POGO head Danielle Brian called the comments a violation of the 1913 Anti-Lobbying Act that ‘prohibits the use of taxpayer funds by federal agencies to conduct grassroots lobbying efforts to pressure Congress to support ‘any legislation or appropriation by Congress.””

AL:  MORE ENFORCEMENT.  Dec. Daily.  “Legislation approved in the Alabama Statehouse gives more clarity and enforcement capabilities to the state’s campaign finance reporting laws, the bill’s sponsor and drafter said.”

IA:  NEW REFORM.  DMR.  ” A new bipartisan group in Iowa is pushing for campaign finance reform in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.”

HAVE A GOOD DAY.  I’ll send around the next set of links next week.  Have a great weekend.

Tues. pol. law links

FILING A PETITION.  USAT.  “Two Democratic members of the Federal Election Commission, who say they are frustrated by the agency’s failure to rein in campaign-finance abuses ahead of the 2016 presidential race, are making what amounts to a drastic move Monday in the staid world of federal election law.”

REFORM PROPOSAL.  WDIO.  “Another provision would limit the campaign season by restricting campaign spending to no more than 60 days before a primary or general election and by banning candidates from raising money while Congress is in session.”

LOBBYIST ON FUNDRAISING.  WFB.  “One of the Democratic Party’s biggest fundraisers, high-powered lobbyist Tony Podesta, says lobbyists should be banned from fundraising for, and donating to, political campaigns.”

SUPER PAC LAUNCH.  Politico.  “A team of former aides and allies is in the early stages of launching a super PAC to amplify the former Pennsylvania senator’s messages aimed at blue-collar Republicans, as well as pooling resources to help Santorum recapture some of the energy that propelled him to a near miss in the 2012 Republican primary.”

AK:  INVESTIGATION DROPPED.  ADN.  “The Alaska Public Offices Commission has closed its investigation of Anchorage marijuana activist Charlo Greene.”

DE:  BILL TO INCREASE LIMITS.  DO.  “Legislation in the state House of Representatives would marginally increase the amount of money that individuals and corporations could give directly to Delaware political candidates, from $1,200 per election cycle to $2,000.”

MA:  USE OF FUNDS.  BG.  “Since Baker took office in January, his campaign committee has used the state GOP staff and its headquarters to solicit, collect, and organize donations at events to bulk up his depleted political account, according to several party officials and others involved in the fund-raising for the governor.”

OR:  TRYING FOR REFORM.  BB. “Oregon may join 44 other states that place some kind of campaign finance limits on corporations, unions, individuals and political parties if lawmakers pass a bill backed by Gov. Kate Brown and voters later agree in 2016.”

HAVE A GOOD DAY.