Tag: Federal Election Commission

Kurt Kovarik, outgoing legislative director for Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has cashed out for a biodiesel lobbying job, a little more than a month after helping defeat an effort to reduce mandated levels of biodiesel usage. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Revolving door alert: Senior Chuck Grassley staffer helped lobby the administration after accepting industry job

Philip Wegmann · December 21, 2017 10:07 pm

President Trump nominated Matthew Petersen, a member of the Federal Election Commission, to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. But during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he was unable to answer questions about legal terms. (Screenshot)

Trump judicial nominee who was grilled in viral video withdraws from consideration

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2017 7:29 pm

"Just because you've seen 'My Cousin Vinny' doesn't qualify you to be a federal judge." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Kennedy says Trump told him to ‘do your job’ when White House sends unqualified judicial nominee

Melissa Quinn · December 18, 2017 7:07 pm

The Senate tax reform bill closes the loophole that allows foreign insurers to avoid paying American taxes on life insurance policies sold to American consumers in American markets. The House version keeps it open. And now it waits on the chopping block. If it survives, it may be due to the efforts of one senior staffer, Barbara Angus (pictured above). She certainly knows all the decision makers.

Beltway Confidential

The Republican lobbyist working on the inside to preserve the tax loophole for foreign insurance companies

Philip Wegmann · December 14, 2017 1:03 am

The JP Morgan CEO has tough words for D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

What was behind Jamie Dimon’s bet against a second term for Trump?

Emily Jashinsky · December 4, 2017 3:35 pm

According to a report, the Federal Election Commission is asking SEAL PAC, a PAC started by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke when he was a Congressman, to provide more details about its direct mail spending and to account for a $200,000 discrepancy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FEC investigates PAC formerly linked to Ryan Zinke for spending issues

Josh Siegel · November 21, 2017 11:26 pm

The Republican National Committee, headed by Ronna Romney McDaniel, ended October with $42.5 million in the bank and no debt. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

RNC raises $113 million so far this year, while the DNC can’t get out of debt

Melissa Quinn · November 21, 2017 4:01 pm

Some of the Facebook and Instagram ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process and stir up tensions around divisive social issues, released by members of the U.S. House Intelligence committee, are photographed in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Surprise: Unanimous FEC to push for Internet regulation

Paul Bedard · November 16, 2017 1:55 pm

Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process are displayed as Google's Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker, Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, and Twitter's Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, testify during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

15 Senate Democrats ask FEC to improve transparency of paid online ads

Melissa Quinn · November 13, 2017 8:10 pm

"We all said the Clintons thought they lived above the rules, but this takes the cake. This is pretty amazing. For them to basically be running the DNC in a primary, to see such a deck stacked is really pretty jaw-dropping to me." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Paul Ryan: FEC ‘should have to look into’ whether Clinton-DNC deal broke campaign finance laws

Naomi Lim · November 5, 2017 3:00 pm

The chief of staff for Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., dropped more than $5,000 on a Phoenix getaway. By most accounts, it looks as though that chief of staff, Oliver Schwab, booked the vacation on the taxpayer tab. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

A lot of cash is flowing to David Schweikert’s chief of staff Oliver Schwab

Philip Wegmann · November 2, 2017 10:01 pm

Sanders reiterated several times that the federal government had no role in the contract award and that it was a decision made solely by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Watchdog group asks FEC to investigate Ryan Zinke’s campaign committee

Josh Siegel · October 30, 2017 7:55 pm