Headline from April 29, 2005 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
Arkansas GOP Fined $360,000 by FEC; Illinois Company to Pay $275,000
Penalty
FEC
FEC Votes to Advance Two More Proposals Required by Court Decision
on
BCRA Rules
Headline from April 28, 2005 Issue:
SECTION 527 GROUPS
527 Bill Passes Senate Rules Committee With Amendment Exempting Some
Groups
HOUSE ETHICS
GOP Leaders Reverse Rule Changes, Resolving Ethics Committee Impasse
Headline from April 27, 2005 Issue:
HOUSE ETHICS
Lawmakers Got $16 Million in Free Trips With Most Costs Paid by
Nonprofit Groups
TENNESSEE
Consulting Curbed, Disclosure Expanded Under Bill Approved by State
Legislature
Headline from April 26, 2005 Issue:
SECTION 527 GROUPS
Section 527 Bill Set for Senate Markup But Questions Remain About Its
Prospects
Headline from April 25, 2005 Issue:
ELECTION REFORM
Surprise Announcement, Soaries Resigns From EAC
CONGRESS
DeLay Fund Raising, Help for Colleagues Remains Strong Amid Ethics
Controversy
Headline from April 22, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Rules Federal Officials Running For State Office Are Covered by
BCRA
FEC ENFORCEMENT
Frist `Leadership' PAC Fined $10,000 For Failing to Report Earmarked
Money
CONGRESS
Ousted Chairman Hefley Steps Up With Ethics Plan Mollohan Supports
Headline from April 21, 2005 Issue:
CONGRESS
House Ethics to Meet as Stalemate
Persists, But Chairman Says GOP Set to Probe DeLay
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
House Hearing Highlights Alternative to
Proposed Limits on Section 527 Groups
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Bush Inaugural Received $42.7 Million,
Returned $480,000, Report to FEC Says
CALIFORNIA
Commission Appeals Ruling Striking Limits
on Contributions to Initiative Committees
Headline from April 20, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Draft Says BCRA Covers Corzine During
His Campaign for N.J. Governor
Headline from April 19, 2005 Issue:
SECTION 527 GROUPS
Changes Being Eyed to Sec. 527 Bill Would
Exempt Governors Associations
Headline from April 18, 2005 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
Court
Hearing Indicates FEC Reversed Dismissal of Kean Campaign's Complaint
WISCONSIN
Wis. Governor Promises to Veto Measure
Requiring Photo ID to Vote
Headline from April 15, 2005 Issue:
COMMUNICATIONS
Senate Votes to Require Disclosure From
Agencies Using Video News Releases
FEC ENFORCEMENT
FEC Drops Complaint Swift Boat Group Was
Limited By Restrictions on Corporations
ELECTION REFORM
Some States Will Fail to Meet Deadline To
Have Statewide Voter Lists, EAC Says
CONGRESS
Democrats Fail Again in Effort To Study
House Ethics Procedure
TENNESSEE
New Law Allows Agency Heads To Accept
Gifts of Certain Value
Headline from April 14, 2005 Issue:
CONGRESS
DeLay Will No Longer Discuss Ethics With
Media; Panel Stalemate Continues
LOBBYING
IRS Target of Heavy Lobbying Effort, New
Analysis of Disclosure Data Reveals
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
PAC Fund Raising Shot Up 34% In 2004
Election Cycle, FEC Reports
FEC
FEC Asks for $54.6 Million Budget To
Maintain `Current Services' in 2006
INDIANA
Indiana Senate Approves Bill Requiring
Federal or State Photo Identification to Vote
Headline from April 13, 2005 Issue:
PUBLIC FINANCING
New Report Urges Focus on Small Donors To
Revamp Presidential Campaign System
NORTH CAROLINA
N.C. Behind Other Southern States In
Lobbying Restrictions, Report Claims
Headline from April 12, 2005 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Everson Defends IRS Probes of Charities
Targeted in Complaints About
Campaigning
SOCIAL SECURITY
Waxman Seeks Study of Taxpayer Costs
Linked With Bush's Social
Security Efforts
NORTH CAROLINA
State Appeals Court Rules Lawsuit Over Ad
May Proceed
Headline from April 11, 2005 Issue:
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