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Welcome to Express Advocacy, a political law blog by William J. McGinley. This website is dedicated to a discussion of campaign finance, election, and political law topics of interest to corporations, trade associations, political party committees, candidates and other participants in the political process.
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Light Blogging Through Labor Day
As a result of my work and vacation schedule, I will be posting periodically as events warrant. Please check back regularly after Labor Day. Some of the issues I will be monitoring over the next couple of weeks include new … Continue reading
DISCLOSE Act Update – Backroom, Special Interest Deal Fractures Support For Legislation
The fall out resulting from the backroom deal that will exempt the National Rifle Association from the DISCLOSE Act’s draconian disclosure requirements continues to play out. Yesterday, U.S. PIRG and the Sierra Club announced their opposition to the DISCLOSE Act … Continue reading
Citizens United Is A Press Entity And What It May Mean For The Disclose Act
Yesterday, the Federal Election Commission (“Commission”) voted four to 1 that Citizens United’s movie activities are not subject to the Federal Election Campaign Act’s disclosure requirement under the media exception. Vice Chair Bauerly joined with the three Republican Commissioners in … Continue reading
Campaign Finance – Backroom Maneuvering On DISCLOSE Act
The Washington Post reports that Congressional Democrats and their special interest allies are negotiating behind closed doors to determine whether to exempt specific groups from the DISCLOSE Act’s draconian disclosure requirements. Apparently, labor unions and a number of liberal and conservative … Continue reading
Catching Up
I am diligently working to catch up on publishing posts and intend to devote some time over the next couple of days to make Express Advocacy current on the issues I discuss on this website. Thank you for your patience.
Web Video vs. TV
The New York Times published an article discussing the use of web video to supplement, not replace, television advertising campaigns. One PR executive interviewed in the article states, “there’s a synergy and not a cannibalization.”
How Washington Receives Information
National Journal published the results of a study examining how Capitol Hill and DC insiders receive their information. The study, Washington in the Information Age, chronicles the decline of print media and the rise of on-line media as the vehicle … Continue reading
Express Advocacy – Political Law News Summary
Here are a few more links discussing Citizens United and other topics of interest in today’s political law news summary: “Countering the Court”- the Los Angeles Times editorializes that the Congressional Democrats’ current legislative framework designed to chill corporate political speech … Continue reading
Express Advocacy – Political Law News Summary
Today’s political law news summary focuses on the Obama administration’s lobbying reform efforts and whether the pro-regulation groups are satisfied, and the Federal Election Commission’s (“FEC”) coordinated communications rulemaking. Lobbying Issues The Washington Post published an article over the weekend … Continue reading
Express Advocacy – Political Law News Summary
Today’s political law news summary focuses on the legislative efforts by Congressional Democrats to protect their incumbents and chill corporate political speech in the wake of Citizens United. “Dems Try To Blunt SCOTUS Decision” – Politico’s headline on the recent … Continue reading
Express Advocacy – Political Law News Summary
Marc Ambinder published an interesting post reporting that corporate spending on grassroots lobbying and direct lobbying has already eclipsed the election spending by the Democratic and Republican National Committees. BNA Money & Politics Reports ($) published an article this morning updating … Continue reading
U.S. Senate Rules Committee Hearing Today On Citizens United Decision
The hearing starts at 10 am and the witness list includes mostly academics. The Committee may webcast the hearings and the link to the Committee website can be found here.
Express Advocacy – Political Law News Summary
Today’s news summary looks at two issues – the SpeechNow.org v. FECcase and Justice Samuel Alito’s reaction to the President’s statements about the Citizens United v. FEC decision in his State of the Union speech before Congress last night. SpeechNow.org … Continue reading
What About The Unions?
The press reports that the Democrats are huddling to design a strategy to protect their incumbents in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC decision. Politico reports that the White House held meetings with the leaders of … Continue reading