Headline from April 28, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
House Votes 216-207 for Rule Setting Terms of Debate on GOP Reform
Bill
Headline from April 27, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
Controversy Over `Earmarks' Provision Has Bill in Limbo on Eve of
House Debater
Headline from April 26, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
Controversial Lobbying, Ethics Measure Faces Uncertain Prospects on
House Floor
FEC ENFORCEMENT
FEC Fines Troubled Treffinger Campaign $177,000 for Not Refunding
Excess Money
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
CRS Outlines Prohibited Political Activity For Charities and Political
Organizations
Headline from April 25, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
ppropriators Could Examine More Expansive Change to Earmark Language
ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
Federal Court Expected to Rule Shortly on Latest Challenge to BCRA Ad
Limits
Headline from April 24, 2006 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Long-Running FEC Enforcement Case Against Malenick, Triad Takes New
Turn
LOBBYING
Modified House Lobbying Bill to Hit Floor Without Section 527 Language
ETHICS
Mollohan Leaving Ethics Committee; Pelosi Names Berman as Replacement
Headline from April 21, 2006 Issue:
FEC
FEC Deadlocks on Ruling to Expand Ability of Partnerships to Give to
PACs
Headline from April 20, 2006 Issue:
ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
New Three-Judge Court Will Consider Maine Group's Suit to Block BCRA
Limits
TEXAS
Texas Appeals Court Backs Dismissal Of Conspiracy Charge Against Rep.
DeLay
Headline from April 19, 2006 Issue:
FEC
FEC Fines Freddie Mac $3.8 Million for Fund-Raising Violations;
Largest Ever
LOBBYING
Reform Groups Working to Ensure Amendments Allowed on House Lobbying
Bill
Headline from April 18, 2006 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Former Illinois Governor Ryan Convicted on Racketeering, Perjury
Headline from April 17, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
Reformers Oppose Lobbying, Ethics Bills Unless Amended to Strengthen
Provisions
LOBBYING
Bill Backed by Government Reform Panel Includes Procurement-Related
Provisions
Headline from April 14, 2006 Issue:
DOJ ENFORCEMENT
DOJ Continues to Focus Attention On Election Crimes, Top Officials Say
FEC ENFORCEMENT
FEC Uses Its Discretion to Dismiss Two Cases Involving House
Republicans
Headline from April 13, 2006 Issue:
CONGRESS
Two-Way Race for Ways and Means Could Ignore Seniority, Focus on Money
Headline from April 12, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
IBM Lobbyist, Treasury Official Violated Laws With 2003 Pension Memo,
IG Says
ELECTION REFORM
Democratic EAC Commissioner Martinez Stepping Down From Agency to Go
Home
Headline from April 11, 2006 Issue:
ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
Court Considers Schedule in WRTL Case As New Suit Filed by Maine
Organization
ENERGY
Cantwell Asks FERC to Explain Hiring Former Enron Corp. Lawyer
Headline from April 10, 2006 Issue:
FEC
FEC Narrows Limits on Coordinated Ads Referring to House, Senate
Candidates
HOUSE ETHICS
Mollohan Stays Firm on Panel, Rejects Calls for Him to Step Down
ELECTION REFORM
Lawmakers, Watchdogs Want Paper Trail To Give Voters Confidence in
U.S. Elections
OREGON
Portland Police Bureau Investigates Possible Violations of Campaign
Finance System
Headline from April 7, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
House Panels Back GOP Reform Bill Amid Continued Partisan Skirmishing
FEC
FEC to Consider `Coordination' Rule Though Outcome Remains Uncertain
Headline from April 6, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
Committees Advance House Reform Bill But Democrats See Inadequate
Response
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Legislation Narrowly Clears House to Set Limits on Section 527 Groups
WASHINGTON
Law Sets Campaign Spending Limits, Rules for Out-of-State Committee
Reporting
CORPORATIONS
Shareholders Increasingly Concerned Over Corporate Political Spending,
Poll Finds
Headline from April 5, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
House Judiciary to Consider Provisions of Legislation Boosting
Lobbying Disclosure
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
House Rules Committee Grapples With Terms of Debate on 527 Bill
CONGRESS
DeLay to Resign by Mid-June; Texas GOP Scrambles to Fill Seat
Headline from April 4, 2006 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION
Reform Groups Support House GOP Plan To Bring Up Bill Limiting Sec.
527 Groups
Headline from April 3, 2006 Issue:
LOBBYING
Former Top DeLay Aide Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy, Will Assist
Prosecutors
FEC
FEC Approves 4-2 Advisory Opinion on Campaign Link to Ballot Committee
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
NAACP Seeks to Speed Up Decision by IRS on Tax Exempt Status
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
All Saints Attorney Says Memorandum Puts Church Political Activity
Inquiry in Question
