Is FEC Ruling On Super PACs A Win For Campaign Reformers?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 7th, 2011 4:49 am by HL
Is FEC Ruling On Super PACs A Win For Campaign Reformers?
When the Federal Election Commission unanimously approved an advisory opinion last week that said federal candidates could only solicit up to $5,000 on behalf of so-called super PACs, they were either scoring one for campaign finance reform or helping politicians delude democracy. It just depends on who you ask.
Ethics Committee Can’t Sweep Turmoil Over Waters Case Under The Rug
Now that the House Ethics Committee has staffed up, it must decide how to proceed in it’s case against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), and ethics experts say the panel can’t simply sweep all of last year’s turmoil over the case under the rug.
Sen. Inhofe Wants To Ease ‘Desperation’ Of Pilots Faced With FAA ‘Overreach’
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) is pushing a bill that would protect pilots from “agency overreach” by the Federal Aviation Administration, in response to his own experience at the mercy of the FAA after he “scared the crap out of” airport workers last year when he landed his Cessna on a closed runway.
