Changes aimed at increasing government's transparency and raising penalties for late campaign finance reports will be reviewed by a legislative panel today. The Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee also is scheduled to work on a series of bills that would affect Maine's Clean Election public campaign financing system, and a measure calling for a one- year waiting period for anyone who wants to go from being a lawmaker to a lobbyist.
Buffalo Bills fans may grow weary of their team's performance on the field, but don't let anyone say they're going to let their team look bad in finance. Earlier this month, Visa Inc. released an unusual ranking showing Bills fans near the bottom of all 32 NFL teams in financial literacy skills, based on their performance in a free, online personal finance video game called Financial Football. The Bills came in 27th.
Utah lawmakers have been somewhat less than enthusiastic for "reforming" their own campaign finance rules. But a number of such bills have been filed for the 2008 Legislature, with legislators across the political spectrum saying it is time to tighten up their own reporting to ensure a more level financial playing field. Fines for violations could run more than $1,000.
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A 25-year-old Washington, D.C., investment banker whose family roots run deeply through Buffalo soil has an interesting idea -- a financial plan he thinks could help keep the Bills here over the long term. Under Stevens Brady's plan, fans would loan money to the next owner of the Buffalo Bills by purchasing low-interest bonds -- called Bills Bonds -- that would reduce a new owner's often- choking interest payments.
Today's a big day for all things related to public funding of elections. The Legislature's Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs will hold hearings on eight campaign finance bills, including one that would repeal the Maine Clean Election Act.
President Obama isn't being straight when he says current health care proposals don't provide government funding for abortion. They do. If Democratic plans are passed, your taxes will pay for abortions. In an Aug. 19 conference call sponsored by the liberal group 40 Days for Health Reform, Mr. Obama accused his opponents of "bearing false witness" and of "divisive and deceptive attacks" on a whole host of claims about the various health bills backed by congressional Democratic leaders. A number of the president's counterclaims were dubious, but his most demonstrably false statement was: "You've heard that this is all going to mean government funding of abortion. Not true.
WASHINGTON -- The federal fiscal year for 2012 began yesterday, but Congress has yet to approve any of the 12 bills needed to finance government operations for the year. Three times this year, Congress has teetered to the edge of shutting down the federal government before lawmakers and President Barack Obama could agree on temporary plans.
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