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• HLOGA rule compliance update

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  Roll Call reports : Under new rules enacted by the Federal Election Commission this year, PACs are required to report before the end of March whether they are controlled by an entity that is registered to lobby. But such well-known lobbying groups as the National Mining Association, the Motion Picture Association ...
  14 hours ago

• Federal Election Commission history in photos and online

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  Over the next few weeks I’ll be posting about figures from the history of the Federal Election Commission, including photographs of former members of the Commission with links to biographical information online, when available.
  15 hours ago

• Bauer’s departure forces Perkins Coie shuffle

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  Robert Bauer’s move to the White House Counsel’s office has caused a few moves at his old law firm, according to Roll Call .  Marc Elias will become the leader of the firm’s political law practice area and the firm’s Judith Corley will become the Democratic National Committee’s top outside counsel.
  2 days ago

• Stewpack Isnt Gonna Like This: RNCs insurance plan covers abortion

  
  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 142
  The Republican National Committees health insurance plan covers elective abortion – a procedure the partys own platform calls "a fundamental assault on innocent human life."
  3 days ago

• What’s new on the candidate self-financing front

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  USAT reports on candidate self-financing trends here .
  5 days ago

• Robocalls in the news

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  Minnesota’s Attorney General is defending the state’s regulation of political robocalls, according to this Minnesota Public Radio report. The American Future Fund political action committee is challenging Minnesota’s law, arguing that the Federal Election Campaign Act preempts the statute. The Iowa-based ...
  6 days ago

• Conservative PAC wants to trump state’s right to ban robocalls

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 678
  Image: Kirsten Hartsoch So much for states’ rights: Iowa-based American Future Fund wants the Federal Elections Commission to rule against Minnesota’s long-standing ban on robocalls in order to include Minnesota in its national robocall campaigns, the Star Tribune reports . The group, which bills itself as a ...
  6 days ago

• Political law news from around the internet

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The latest from Womble Carlyle’s Political GPS is available here , including coverage of EMILY’s List, coordination, and pay to play developments. On a side note, I’ve reorganized my links (to your right) to split them into more useful categories.  I’ve also added a few entries, including Huffington ...
  1 week ago

• Political Action Committee Attempts to Over Ride State Laws That Ban Robocalls, Including Political Robos

  
  The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - Stop Political Calls BLOG — Authority: 537
  Shaun Dakin, CEO, StopPoliticalCalls.org STATEMENT Citizens for Civil Discourse is dismayed that a Political Action Committee, in this case the American Future Fund , is asking the Federal Election Commission ( FEC ) to over ride individual state laws that ban all robocalls, including political ...
  1 week ago

• Cao v. Federal Election Commission hearing today

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  WXVT reports on today’s upcoming hearing in Cao v. Federal Election Commission. One issue in Monday’s hearing before U.S. District Judge Ginger Berrigan is whether key issues in the case should go straight to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals – in effect putting the case on a faster track to the Supreme ...
  1 week ago

• The Federal Election Commission’s efforts to expand data availability and other internet resources

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  In July and August the Federal Election Commission held public hearings and solicited comments on efforts to improve the agency’s internet offerings and other communications initiatives.  At today’s public meeting the Commission discussed this document and some of the initial efforts the agency has made to ...
  1 week ago

• Today’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Federal Election Commission held a public meeting today and discussesd two advisory opinion requests and other matters.  The agenda and audio of the meeting are here .
  1 week ago

• Govt to build six ports in N’Delta – The Guardian

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 149
  Six additional ports are to be built by the Federal Government along the lower River Niger in the Niger Delta region.They are to be built at the completion of the dredging of the River Niger, according to the 42nd session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), which yesterday approved contracts for the construction ...
  1 week ago

• New entertainment facility under development in Omaha

  
  Arcade Heroes — Authority: 532
  If you live anywhere near Omaha Nebraska then you have a new entertainment facility to look forward to visiting sometime in the future. At the moment it is called “The V” which I am guessing stands for “The Venue”. The multimillion dollar project is currently looking for investors and other entrepreneurs to ...
  1 week ago

• Want to protect election reforms? Fix the agency in charge

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 495
  While it is disappointing that Solicitor General Elena Kagan decided not to appeal en banc an overreaching and potentially crippling court decision in the campaign finance case of Emily’s List v. Federal Election Commission , one lesson for defending the nation’s campaign finance laws has clearly emerged from ...
  1 week ago

• Lobbyist Heather Podesta fundraiser with five Senators

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Washington Times reports on a finance event reportedly thrown by lobbyist Heather Podesta. For the DSCC dinner, to be held at the $2 million Woodley Park home of Mrs. Podesta and lobbyist husband Tony, five senators will be in the house: Amy Klobuchar, Mary L. Landrieu, Jeanne Shaheen, Maria Cantwell and Kay ...
  1 week ago

• I really hope this does not occur

  
  The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - Stop Political Calls BLOG — Authority: 537
  Just learned that the America Future Fund Political Action (AFFPA) has asked the FEC for an advisory opinion on whether Federal Election Commission law can supersede state law when it comes to political robocalls. From the PDF file (at bottom) Many of the states in which AFFPA wishes to distribute pre-recorded ...
  2 weeks ago

• NY-23: 95 Percent of Hoffman Cash From Out of District

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  It’s no secret that national fundraising has buoyed the campaign of Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election. But the full extent is remarkable. We crunched the FEC contribution numbers this afternoon to discover that 95 percent of Hoffman’s donations came from individuals and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sen. Leahy’s campaign cash reserves

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Burlington Free Press reports that Sen. Pat Leahy has about $2.5 million cash on hand. Sen. Patrick Leahy is on track to raise and spend more money for his 2010 re-election campaign than in any of his six previous Senate races, even though no Republican opposition has yet surfaced.
  2 weeks ago

• Frightful prospects of political contributions and lobbying of the dead

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  CQ Moneyline reports on contributions from individuals identified as deceased and lobbying undertaken by estates.
  2 weeks ago

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