Headline from April 30, 2009 Issue:
BCRA LITIGATION
RNC Challenge to Soft Money Limits Delayed by Dispute Over
Steele's Role
BNA CONFERENCE
BNA Sponsors Training Conference On Lobbying and Political Law
Topics
Headline from April 29, 2009 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
FEC Commissioners Issue Statements Explaining Votes on Contested
AJS Matter
ILLINOIS
Illinois Reform Commission Proposes Wide-Ranging Reform of Ethics
Rules
BNA CONFERENCE
BNA Sponsors Training Conference On Lobbying and Political Law
Topics
Headline from April 28, 2009 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
FEC Fines Aide to Sen. Graham $2,500 For Embezzling $280,000 From
Campaign
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Headline from April 27, 2009 Issue:
PACS
PAC Receipts Totaled $1.2 Billion in 2008; Increase in
Fund-Raising Slowed Somewhat
FEC
FEC Says Maps of 2010 Races Now Available on Agency Website
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Local Official Indicted On Federal Charges of
Vote-Buying
BNA CONFERENCE
BNA Sponsors Training Conference On Lobbying and Political Law
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Headline from April 24, 2009 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Public Citizen Will Challenge FEC Dismissal of AJS Enforcement
Case on Deadlocked Vote
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Votes to Allow Sen. Risch to Raise `Soft Money' to Pay State
Campaign Debt
NEW YORK
New York Regulator Drafting Rules to Ban Paid Agents From Public
Pension Decisions
LOBBYING
EU Commission, Parliament to Set Up Joint Volunteer Lobbying List,
Code of Conduct
Headline from April 23, 2009 Issue:
CONGRESS
Three House Democrats Announce Bill To Uncouple Campaign Money,
Earmarks
CONGRESS
House Backs Measure on Disbursement Of Deceased Candidate's
Campaign Funds
NORTH CAROLINA
Public Funding For Some Local Elections Approved by N.C. House of
Representatives
Headline from April 22, 2009 Issue:
LOBBYING
AIG Boosted Lobbying Spending 20% In First Quarter of '09, LDA
Report Shows
FEC
FEC Deadlocks on Ruling to Allow 2-for-1 Match of Charity, PAC
Giving
Headline from April 21, 2009 Issue:
CALIFORNIA
Calif. Court: `Express Advocacy' Standard Not Right for Government
Campaign Efforts
Headline from April 20, 2009 Issue:
No issue was published
Headline from April 17, 2009 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Opinion Treats Single-Person LLC as Individual for Independent
Expenditures
Headline from April 16, 2009 Issue:
LOBBYING
Lobbying community remains concerned about limitations on stimulus
contacts
ETHICS
Office of Congressional ethics initiates ten preliminary reviews
through March
Headline from April 15, 2009 Issue:
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
TARP inspector general asked to examine lobbying activities
against bonus legislation
CALIFORNIA
Candidates Have Raised $1 Billion Since Limits Effective in 2000,
Report Says
Headline from April 14, 2009 Issue:
No issue was published
Headline from April 13, 2009 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Drops, Dismisses Five Minor Matters in MUR Confidential
Investigative Process
Headline from April 10, 2009 Issue:
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
Holder Replaces Head of Ethics Unit With Career Prosecutor After
Stevens's Dismissal
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Rep. Jackson Denies Any Wrongdoing in Ethics Probe Involving
Senate Seat
Headline from April 9, 2009 Issue:
FEC ENFORCEMENT
Increasing Prevalence of Split FEC Votes On Key Issues Could Shape
Next Campaigns
Headline from April 8, 2009 Issue:
SENATE ETHICS
Judge Backs Dismissal of Stevens Case, Orders Probe of Top
Prosecutors' Conduct
Headline from April 7, 2009 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
New Lawsuits From Conservative Groups Challenge IRS Rules on
Political Activities
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT
Lobbyist Linked to Former Rep. Weldon Gets Home Sentence for
Trashing Evidence
Headline from April 6, 2009 Issue:
ILLINOIS
Former Gov. Blagojevich, Aides, Advisers Face 19-Count
'Pay-to-Play' U.S. Indictment
Headline from April 3, 2009 Issue:
ILLINOIS
New Illinois 'Pay to Play' Proposals Seek to Address Stigma of
Corruption
NEW MEXICO
N.M. Governor Signs Bill Placing Limits on Campaign
Contributions
Headline from April 2, 2009 Issue:
SENATE ETHICS
Holder Dismisses Case Against Stevens; DOJ Says Prosecutors
Withheld Evidence
LOBBYING
GAO Report Sees Gaps in LDA Filings, Cites DOJ Promise to
Track Compliance
Headline from April 1, 2009 Issue:
PUBLIC FINANCING
Citing Public's Desire for `Real Change' Backers Tout New
Campaign Finance Plan
LOBBYING
Lobbyists, Watchdogs Join to Support Changes in Obama's Rules
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