On December 26, 2013, President Barack Obama signed into law a bill (H.R. 3487) that gives the Federal Election Commission (FEC) new authority to impose automatic fines for campaign finance reporting violations on nonprofit organizations, Super PACs, and political party committees.
Senior government relations advisor Philip English was quoted in a Bloomberg News article detailing a debate between House Republicans over whether to release a plan that would revamp the federal tax code.
Earlier this week, Political Law leader Craig Engle secured a federal appeals court ruling that will allow Arent Fox’s client, The New York Progress and Protection PAC, to make independent expenditures in the upcoming election for New York City Mayor.
Dan Renberg, co-leader of the Government Relations practice, spoke with Bloomberg News about the impact the government shutdown was having on lobbying efforts around the Capitol with many federal employees being furloughed.
Senior Government Relations Advisor Philip English was quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer after five Republican Congressmen from the Philadephia region supported a move toward a position that might bring an end to the federal government shutdown that has closed government offices and suspended serv
Senator Byron Dorgan, a senior policy advisor at Arent Fox, was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal on the federal government shutdown and provided insight based on his firsthand experience the last time the government closed in 1996.
In an opinion piece recently published in Roll Call, Arent Fox Senior Policy Advisors Sen. Robert Bennett and Sen. Byron Dorgan called for US attention to human rights violations that threaten the state of democracy in the small West African nation of Benin, suggesting “modest actions” the US could
Arent Fox Government Relations advisor Philip S. English wrote an opinion article published in Investor’s Business Daily on five ideas for tax reform created by the late Rep. Jack Kemp that would still work today.
Arent Fox Political Law partner Craig Engle was quoted by the New York Daily News on the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) approval of new rules implementing the Supreme Court’s recent DOMA decision.
Arent Fox Political Law partner Craig Engle was mentioned in a Bloomberg BNA Daily Executive Report article about a potential reversal by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of a ruling that restricts political financial contributions from same-sex couples.
Arent Fox Political Law leader Craig Engle was featured in The Wall Street Journal and Roll Call following the recent overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the potential impact it could have on political campaign contributions.
Arent Fox Political Law partner Craig Engle was featured in a syndicated column by Donna Brazile that focused on the inspector general’s report into the Internal Revenue Service’s mishandling of tax-exempt organizations.
Arent Fox Government Relations Senior Policy Advisor Sen. Byron Dorgan was featured in an article in Environment and Energy Daily previewing testimony he gave before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee that focused on the potential for increasing the exportation of natural gas.