The Washington Post offers this report, which begins: “Thousands of lobbyists, including the president of a lobbyists’ trade association and the co-author of an authoritative lobbying manual, were unable to file their disclosure reports electronically this week as required… Continue reading

Brad Smith has this post on Redstate.

The Baltimore Sun offers this report.

BNA Money and Politics offers this report (paid subscription required) about many nonprofit groups’ opposition to lobbying reform. A snippet: “‘These bills are flawed,’ AFJ President Nan Aron said of the half-dozen or so measures introduced in the Senate and… Continue reading

In the Wall Street Journal, John Fund reviews Mudslingers: The Top 25 Negative Political Campaigns of All Time by Kerwin C. Swint. Thanks to Steven Sholk for the link.

See this post on Daily Kos. Here is my earlier argument for mandatory disclosure of the practice.

You can find this statement on the FEC website.… Continue reading

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The Los Angeles Times offers this report, which begins: “Last year’s Los Angeles city election set a record for independent expenditures by unions, corporations and individuals, for a total of $4.9 million spent outside the city’s system of campaign… Continue reading

The newspaper offers Earmarks: apply online, which begins: “The Internet has made it so easy for people to apply for earmarks and for lawmakers to review them that some lawmakers fear it will be even harder to slow their… Continue reading

Abigail Thernstrom has written this commentary (originally for the Weekly Standard but available at AEI without a subscription). It begins: On March 1, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving the Texas congressional redistricting plan engineered in… Continue reading

Ned Foley has posted this comment on Ohio State’s election law site. It begins: It may be a coincidence, but it causes the Supreme Court to confront in an unusually systematic way its role as the umpire of American democracy.… Continue reading

The Hill offers this report, which begins: “Hans von Spakovsky, installed by President Bush on the Federal Election Commission last month in a controversial recess appointment, has waded into a heated debate by publicly calling for stricter regulations on… Continue reading

The Chicago Tribune offers this report.