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CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Gov. Palin and RNC for Violating Campaign Finance Law by Purchasing $150,000 Wardrobe for VP Nominee and Family
WASHINGTON -- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW filed a Federal Election Commission FEC complaint against vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, the Republican National Committee RNC and several other political operatives associated with the RNC, for improperly spending $150,000 on clothing for Palin and her family, in...
Tags: Benefits, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Leadership, nominee, SOFTWARE, Washington
Research articles 2008-10-23
CAIR Asks FEC to Probe Anti-Muslim DVDs Sent to Swing States
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today announced that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission FEC over the distribution of an anti-Muslim film to 28 million homes in presidential election swing states. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR is urging the...
Tags: DVD, Federal Election Commission, obsession
Research articles 2008-09-23
Labor charge filed
LABOR CHARGE FILED: WakeUpWalmart.com and labor groups American Rights at Work, Change to Win and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations have filed a complaint of unlawful federal election activity with the Federal Election Commission against Wal-Mart. The complaint asks federal officials to investigate whether the...
Tags: accusation, Federal Election Commission, Labor, Retail
Research articles 2008-09-08
Commentary: Election law resources for election year sleuths
It's a national election year filled with slogans, ads, sound- bites and more. There are several terrific election law resources that may help readers to filter through a constant barrage of campaign messages, news stories and editorials. Political junkies, those with legitimate election law questions or those...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, FINANCE
Research articles 2008-08-26
CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Rep. Vern Buchanan
Allegations Supported by Affidavits from Buchanan Employees Forced to Make Illegal Contributions WASHINGTON -- Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and Florida citizens Carlo Bell and D.J. Padilla filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission FEC against Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) alleging serious violations of campaign...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Leadership, Rep., Washington
Research articles 2008-08-19
RailAmerica
RAILAMERICA--Appointed a new senior executive team who leads a combined RA and Florida East Coast Railway from new headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.: Senior Vice President-Strategic Relations Paul Lundberg; Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Dave Novak; Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Charles Patterson; Senior Vice President and...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, officer
Research articles 2008-08-01
Jennic Sees Record Uptake of Intellectual Property for Use in Next Generation Cellular Base-Stations
* Strong growth in high-bandwidth cellular base-station and mobile data communications markets * IP licenses of RapidIO, FEC and ATM-SAR * IP customers include ASIC and FPGA partners, semiconductor companies and system OEMs SHEFFIELD, England -- Jennic has reported a record uptake of Intellectual Property usage in...
Tags: ASICs, Federal Election Commission, HARDWARE, MARKETING, mobile, Semiconductors, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2008-07-24
Judicial Watch Files Senate, FEC Complaints Against Barack Obama Over Questionable Mortgage Loan
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed separate complaints with the Federal Election Commission FEC and the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee against Senator Barack Obama for allegedly accepting a below-market rate mortgage loan in 2005 not available to the...
Tags: ethics, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Leadership, mortgage, Mortgages, senator, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-07-09
Fund-raiser for candidate faulted
On March 25, Worth & Co. Inc. hosted a political fund-raising event for Republican congressional candidate Tom Manion at its offices in Pipersville, Bucks County. A complaint letter mailed recently to the Federal Election Commission by a former mayor of Riegelsville alleged that the event amounted to an illegal campaign...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Manufacturing
Research articles 2008-07-01
Senate OKs Utahn as member of FEC
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate approved Utah native Matthew Petersen's nomination to the Federal Election Commission late Tuesday. The confirmation not only puts a Utahn on the commission but fills the final slot on the commission, "enabling the FEC to act as a fully functioning body during the...
Tags: commission, Federal Election Commission, SALES, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-06-26
AMCC and Menara Networks Collaborate on Simplified OTN Transport for 10G Ethernet
Companies join forces to demonstrate interoperability between Menara Networks' "System-in-a-Module" MSA OTN product and AMCC's OTN mapper and demux devices LAS VEGAS -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC), a global leader in optical transport, embedded Power Architecture[R] processing, and storage solutions, today announced a collaboration with Menara Networks,...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, high-performance, interoperability, network, NETWORKING, storage
Research articles 2008-06-17
Dr. Timothy Murray Named CEO of OFS
NORCROSS, Ga. -- OFS today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Timothy Murray, 56, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 20, 2008. Dr. Murray currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the company. Dr. Murray will succeed Mr. Katsuhiko Murota. Mr. Murota has been nominated to...
Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, Dr., Federal Election Commission, fiber, Georgia, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony
Research articles 2008-06-17
Campaign finance rules deemed weak
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated campaign finance rules that give wealthy donors broad latitude in underwriting expensive political ads. Limits on coordinated campaign spending apply too narrowly to time frames just before elections and should be toughened, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Tags: advertisement, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE
Research articles 2008-06-14
Democratic party fundraising is on the rise
WASHINGTON AFP — The Democratic Party raised 247 million dollars between January 1, 2007 and April 30, 2008, a sum that could prove crucial this election year, according to Federal Election Commission figures. The total is 24 percent more than the party raised during the same period in 2006-2007,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Democratic Party, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Obama
Research articles 2008-06-10
Corporations funding political conventions
WASHINGTON -- Five years ago this week, a federal election regulator predicted that corporate sponsorship of political conventions would eventually be as common as it is for football bowl games. "I look forward to the day, by 2008, when Americans can turn on their TVs and watch the...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, Republican, Taxes
Research articles 2008-06-05
Editorial: Federal Election Commission
The Senate needs to work on reviving the dormant Federal Election Commission, which hasn't met all year. That's because the FEC - which is responsible for enforcing federal election laws - has four vacancies out of six seats. While Senate Republicans and Democrats play partisan games over President Bush's nominees,...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, MARKETING, nominee, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-05-28
Bush nominates native Utahn to FEC post
President Bush on Thursday nominated Utah native Matthew Petersen to the Federal Election Commission, replacing a controversial nominee who had created a Senate confirmation stalemate that paralyzed the FEC. The agency, which oversees election law and investigates violations, has had only two confirmed members for months. It needs...
Tags: Bush, Democrat, E-mail, Federal Election Commission, MARKETING, nominee, Republican, SALES, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-05-23
Controversial FEC nominee withdraws after long standoff
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission removed his name from consideration Friday, potentially ending a lengthy stalemate that had paralyzed the work of the agency. Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who never had Democratic support to win confirmation, withdrew his...
Tags: Bush, Democrat, Federal Election Commission, FINANCE, nominee, SALES, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-05-17
Nominations submitted to the Senate
The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers. Submitted May 6 Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2011,...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, nomination, U.S. Senate, vice
Research articles 2008-05-12
Boy's gift helps keep school alive
Yes, little David Mitchell, even in a cold, cruel world inhabited by bickering Republicans and Democrats, a 7-year-old's faith can be rewarded. Two weeks ago, we learned about how young David gave all the money he had in the world -- $4.20, or the cost of a gallon-and-a-...
Tags: board, Cannon, Federal Election Commission, teacher
Research articles 2008-05-08
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