Headline from April 30, 2008 Issue:
FEC
Reid Makes New Offer on FEC, Insists on Having Six Commissioners
LOBBYING
NAM Set to File Disclosure Report; HLOGA Court Appeal on Fast Track
Headline from April 29, 2008 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
Lack of Quorum Means FEC Cannot Settle Case Involving Bush Billboard
Ads
Headline from April 28, 2008 Issue:
LOBBYING
DOJ Withholds Details of Appointment Of Prosecutor in Abramoff-Related
Case
SENATE ETHICS
Senate Ethics Committee Scolds Domenici For Calling Federal Prosecutor
During Probe
Headline from April 25, 2008 Issue:
LEADERSHIP PACS
Plan for `Leadership' PAC Disclosure Put on Hold Due to Lack of FEC
Quorum
ALASKA
Alaska Bill Bans Most Fund Raising By State Lawmakers During Session
Headline from April 24, 2008 Issue:
WEST VIRGINIA
Federal Court Strikes West Virginia Laws On Corporate Election
Spending, Disclosure
Headline from April 23, 2008 Issue:
MILLIONAIRES' AMENDMENT
Several Justices Question Rationale Behind `Millionaire' Provision of
BCRA
LOBBYING
NAM Still Pursues HLOGA Challenge After Supreme Court Denies
Injunction
Headline from April 22, 2008 Issue:
LOBBYING
D.C. Circuit Will Not Block HLOGA Provision; NAM Files Bid for Review
by Supreme Court
Headline from April 21, 2008 Issue:
LOBBYING
Kollar-Kotelly Rejects Stay of HLOGA Ruling; NAM Asks D.C. Circuit for
Emergency Action
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Lerner Warns of Possible Court Challenges Over Political Issue
Advocacy by Exempts
TRANSPORTATION
Senate Backs Transportation Measure Requiring Justice Probe of Earmark
Change
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
CLARIFICATION
Headline from April 18, 2008 Issue:
FEC
Lenhard's Withdrawal of Nomination Will Keep FEC in Limbo, Reid
Indicates
TRANSPORTATION
Earmark Debate Dominates Consideration Of Transportation Equity Act
Corrections Bill
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT
House Judiciary Committee Report Cites Evidence of Political
Prosecutions by DOJ
Headline from April 17, 2008 Issue:
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
FEC Owes $7.4 Million in Matching Funds Unpaid Due to Lack of
Commission Quorum
Headline from April 16, 2008 Issue:
ELECTION REFORM
Bill to Fund Voting System Paper Trail Defeated in House As
Republicans Object
Headline from April 15, 2008 Issue:
FEC
Deadlock Over FEC Nominees Deepens As Lenhard Asks to Withdraw His
Name
FEC
FEC Draft: Stay-at-Home Dad Cannot Collect Pay as Congressional
Candidate
LOBBYING
NAM Appeals Ruling Upholding HLOGA; Asks Court for Stay Before Filing
Deadline
Headline from April 14, 2008 Issue:
LOBBYING
Federal Judge Dismisses NAM Challenge To HLOGA Lobbying Disclosure
Provision
FEC
Judge Sees Early Decision in Case Challenging FEC Contribution Limits
Headline from April 11, 2008 Issue:
FEC
Two FEC Commissioners Set to Discuss Advisory Opinions at Second
Meeting of 2008
LOBBYING
Lobby Spending at $2.8 Billion in 2007, Up 7.7% from 2006, CRP Summary
Says
Headline from April 10, 2008 Issue:
CONGRESS
Trials of 2 Indicted Congressmen Delayed As Courts Wrestle With
Constitutional Issue
NORTH CAROLINA
Expelled N.C. State Rep. Sentenced To 5 to 7 Years in Prison for Fraud
Headline from April 9, 2008 Issue:
LOBBYING
House Ethics Panel Says Lawmakers Can Become Lobbyists Behind Scenes
ETHICS
Ethics Seen Stronger at Nonprofits Than in Government, Private Firms
Headline from April 8, 2008 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Judge Says IRS Broke Its Own Rules In Lifting Democratic Group's
Exemption
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS
Congressional Campaign Fund Raising Continues to Be Higher Than 2006
Cycle
Headline from April 7, 2008 Issue:
HOUSE ETHICS
House Panel Says Gift Rule Bars Lobbyists From Offering `Nominal'
Items
ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS
District Court Order in Disclosure Case Could Allow Ruling Before Fall
Campaign
CONGRESS
GOP Leaders Reject Earmark Moratorium, Endorse Tightened Controls,
Transparency
Headline from April 4, 2008 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT GROUPS
Section 527, 501(c) Groups Raising Money, Expected to Play in `08
Campaign, CFI Says
Headline from April 3, 2008 Issue:
CONGRESS
House Panel Backs Bill on Dispersal Of Campaign Money If Candidate
Dies
Headline from April 2, 2008 Issue:
FEC
Appeals Court Could Issue New Ruling On Illegal Coordination in 2008
Campaign
EUROPEAN UNION
Mandatory Lobby List Clears Panel With Financial Disclosure
Requirements
Headline from April 1, 2008 Issue:
CONGRESS
Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Search Of Jefferson's Hill Office
Unconstitutional
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