BNA reports that Rep. “Capuano’s Shareholder Protection Act (H.R. 4790) would amend the 1934 Securities Exchange Act to mandate that companies allow their shareholders to approve political expenditures through an annual vote. The committee is scheduled to vote on the… Continue reading
Roll Call offers this report ($). A snippet: “A Democratic lobbyist said the bulk of corporate outreach on the campaign finance bill was done primarily by companies based outside of the United States but that have substantial operations here. “… Continue reading
CQ Politics: “It didn’t take long for new independent expenditure organizations to take advantage of recent court rulings to maximize their impact on the 2010 election. Since Friday, at least three groups filed new documents with the Federal Election… Continue reading
Jim Gardner has posted this draft (Buffalo Law Review Docket) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The practice of selecting judges by popular election, commonplace among the American states, has recently come in for a good deal of criticism, much… Continue reading
Ornstein: “I am not eager to see the 501(c)4 loophole used in the next 100 days to allow secret fat cats, corporations and unions to flood the zone with vicious ads. But that would be a small price to… Continue reading