Headline from June 30, 2005 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Continued FEC Hearings Assess Ways to Regulate Campaign Speech on
Internet
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
House Panel Approves Another Bill Aimed at Corralling Section 527
Groups
NEW YORK
N.Y. Legislature Approves Lobbying Law Reform, HAVA Compliance Bills
Headline from June 29, 2005 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Reluctant FEC Ponders Mandate to Regulate Internet, While Protecting
Free Speech Rights
CALIFORNIA
Ballot Committees Backed by Governor Can Take Unlimited Contributions,
Judge Says
ELECTION REFORM
Bill to Improve Provisional Ballot Use Introduced in House After State
Confusion
Headline from June 28, 2005 Issue:
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
Judicial Report Advocates Court Reform, Opposes Judicial Campaigning,
Elections
Headline from June 27, 2005 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION
House Panel to Eye Shays-Meehan Bill; Floor Vote on Pence-Wynn Bill
Delayed
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
TE/GE Division Targets Abusive Schemes With New Enforcement Efforts,
Urban Says
Headline from June 24, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Votes 4-2 to Reject Limits On Soliciting at State Party Events
FLORIDA
Governor Signs Bill Raising Public Campaign Spending Cap
Headline from June 23, 2005 Issue:
LOBBYING
Senate Committee
Hears of Tribe's Millions Passed to Nonprofits, Skimmed by Lobbyist
NEW YORK
Gov. Pataki, N.Y. Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Procurement Lobbying
Bill
CONNECTICUT
Conn. Governor Convenes Working Group To Develop Campaign Finance
Legislation
Headline from June 22, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Seen Rejecting, Postponing Plans to Rewrite Two BCRA Rules
ELECTION REFORM
Senate Panel Hears Paper-Trail Debate But Leaders Cool to New
Requirements
Headline from June 21, 2005 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Legislation Creating New 527 Requirements to Cost FEC $1 Million in FY
2006, CBO Says
Headline from June 20, 2005 Issue:
LOBBYING
DOJ Refuses to Disclose Settlements With Those Who Violate Lobbying
Law
Headline from June 17, 2005 Issue:
OHIO
State, Federal Investigations Of `Coingate' Ongoing in Ohio
FEC
Draft FEC Advisory Opinion Would Let McInnis Campaign Donate to
Charity
Headline from June 16, 2005 Issue:
FEC
Smith Announces Departure From FEC; No Word From White House on
Successor
SPENDING LIMITS
Supporters of Campaign Spending Limits Urge Supreme Court to Take
Vermont Case
WASHINGTON
New Law to Require Reporting on Source of Funds for Issue Ads
Headline from June 15, 2005 Issue:
HOUSE ETHICS
Leaders Continue War of Words On Breaking Ethics Committee Impasse
ELECTION REFORM
Senate Rules Committee to Hold First Hearing on Voting Paper Trail
NORTH CAROLINA
Republican State Leadership Committee Agrees to $10,000 Fine for
Improper Loan
WASHINGTON
State Democrats Agree to Pay Penalties On 2004 and Earlier Reporting
Violations
CALIFORNIA
Measures to Redraw Political Districts, Limit Use of Union Dues on
Nov. 8 Special Ballot
Headline from June 14, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Audit Says Lockheed Martin PAC Lost Money to `Unauthorized'
Spending
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES
Appeals Court Upholds FEC Decision That Debates Commission Not
Partisan
UNIONS
California Measure Would Require Member OK for Public Unions'
Political Use of Dues
Headline from June 13, 2005 Issue:
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNS
Increase in Small-Dollar Gifts Not as Key In Hill Races as in
Presidential Campaign
Headline from June 10, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Adopts New Measures on Use Of Campaign Funds, Increased Fines
HOUSE ETHICS
As House Leaders Exchange Words, GOP Kills Bid to Debate Ethics on
Floor
CONNECTICUT
Lawmakers Fail To Reach Accord On Connecticut Campaign Proposal
OKLAHOMA
Okla. Governor Upholds New Ethics Rules To Regulate Last-Minute
Campaign Spending
Headline from June 9, 2005 Issue:
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LEGISLATION
House Panel Approves Pence-Wynn Bill Eliminating Aggregate
Contribution Limit
SECURITIES
MSRB Proposes to Interpret `Solicitation' For Rules on Pay-to-Play,
Dealer Consultants
Headline from June 8, 2005 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Appeals Court Refuses to Order Release Of Pact Between IRS, Christian
Network
Headline from June 7, 2005 Issue:
FEC
FEC Draft Says Federal Official Has Leeway To Donate Leftover State
Campaign Funds
Headline from June 6, 2005 Issue:
INTERNET
FEC Plan for Limited Internet Rules Greeted Cautiously in Public
Comments
Headline from June 3, 2005 Issue:
EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Group Asks Texas Governor to Cancel Plans to Sign Bills at Religious
Venue
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Set to Raise Penalties to Adjust for Inflation Effects
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS
ABA Panel Releases New Draft of Rules for Judicial Campaigns
Headline from June 2, 2005 Issue:
ETHICS
DeLay Controversy Casts Long Shadow As Members Update Filings, Eye New
Rules
ALASKA
Alaska Passes New Ethics Legislation; Drops Bid to Allow Party `Soft
Money'
ARIZONA
Appeals Hearing Set for Legislator Who Defied Order to Forfeit Seat
Headline from June 1, 2005 Issue:
TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS
Conservative Group Claims Jackson Fund Should Lose Exempt Status for
Politicking
