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Articles and editorials

Bankers Form SuperPAC for ‘Surgical’ Strike at Industry’s Enemies, S3475 [23MY]

For Political Closure, We Need Disclosure, S5057 [17JY]

HHS Signs $20M PR Contract To Promote Healthcare Law, S3391 [22MY]

Mitch McConnell Dead Wrong on DISCLOSE Act, S4993 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 3402), S5134 [18JY]

Colleges and universities: restrict institutions of higher education from using Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes (see S. 2296), S2496 [18AP] (see H.R. 4390), H1977 [18AP]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see S. 3227), S3516 [23MY]

Dept. of Education: protect college students from deceptive practices and high-pressure sales by institutions, provide a waiting period for enrollment decisions, and standardize and elevate disclosures (see S. 3550), S6340 [13SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: protect the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill from inappropriate or misleading marketing by entities targeting veterans (see S. 3318), S4368 [20JN]

FDA: ensure that a medical device is not marketed based on a determination that it is substantially equivalent to a device that has been recalled due to a flaw in technology or design that adversely affects safety (see H.R. 3847), H218 [31JA]

——— prohibit use of Federal money for any media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 3848), H218 [31JA]

FEC: establish and operate a website for the public to view the contents of political advertisements and require sponsors of advertisements to furnish such contents (see H.R. 6259), H5628 [1AU]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce Federal advertising budgets (see S. 3540), S6340 [13SE]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5691), H2566 [9MY]

Fish and fishing: enhance national seafood marketing efforts by creating National Seafood Marketing and Development Fund, regional seafood marketing boards, and national coordinating committee (see S. 3615), S6625 [21SE]

Labor unions: require labor organizations to provide notice to employees related to fees collected for purpose of political speech (see H.R. 6322), H5706 [2AU]

Olympic Games: discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships (see S. Res. 487), S3839 [7JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal section authorizing an education and outreach campaign (see H.R. 5894), H3480 [5JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2219), S1932 [21MR] (see S. 3369), S4821 [10JY] (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]

Taxation: deny any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food at fast food restaurants or food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 6599), H6428 [16NO]

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking (see S. Res. 439), S2731 [25AP] (see H. Res. 646), H2320 [7MY]

Cloture motions

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 3369), motion to proceed, S4942 [12JY], S5071 [17JY]

Lists

Vermont towns supporting overturning Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S1442 [7MR]

Motions

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 3369), S4919 [12JY], S4985 [16JY], S5051 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (H.R. 3596), H3749–H3752 [19JN]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (H.R. 1895), E1601 [21SE]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (H.J. Res. 78), H4788 [11JY], H5622 [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: motorsports sponsorship funding, H4947–H4951 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding to reimburse grant recipients for advertising, marketing, or captial formation expenses, H3474 [5JN]

——— prohibit funding for media campaign to promote alternative green technologies, H3473 [5JN]

Drugs: address issues relative to composition, marketing, and regulatory approval of OxyContin, H5532 [1AU]

FCC: require entities sponsoring political advertising to disclose the identity of donors who have contributed over a certain amount over a 2-year election cycle, H1617, H1620, H1621 [27MR]

FDA: ensure that a medical device is not marketed based on a determination that it is substantially equivalent to a device that has been recalled due to a flaw in technology or design that adversely affects safety, H3225 [30MY]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (H.R. 5691), E752 [9MY]

House of Representatives: prohibit purchase of paid online advertisements by Members, committees, and leadership offices, H3683, H3684 [8JN]

Limbaugh, Rush: condemn comments relative to women and access to birth control, H1138 [5MR], H1157 [6MR], H1213, H1218 [7MR], H1300 [8MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal section authorizing an education and outreach campaign, H3486 [6JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, H1594 [27MR], H3744 [19JN], H4074 [27JN]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 4010), H971, H976 [28FE], H1221 [7MR], H3589 [7JN], H3814 [20JN], H3960 [21JN], H4859 [12JY], H4919, H4920 [18JY], H5023 [19JY], H5619–H5623 [1AU]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 2219), H3366 [1JN]

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (H.R. 1404), H971 [28FE], H5622 [1AU]

SEC: clarify that general advertising regulations only apply to certain securities offerings and permit only qualified institutional buyers to purchase securities from secondary market, H1260, H1261 [7MR]

——— eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions, H1215, H1223, H1225, H1240, H1245 [7MR]

——— eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), H120 [24JA]

Sharon, MA: support constitutional amendment to exclude corporations from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate election expenditures, E1934 [13DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H971, H976 [28FE], H2016, H2018, H2019 [19AP], H3588, H3589 [7JN], H3959 [21JN], H4835 [12JY], H4919 [18JY], H5619–H5623 [1AU]

Taxation: deny any deduction for advertising and marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food at fast food restaurants or food of poor nutritional quality (H.R. 6599), H6419 [16NO]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: prohibit mandatory or compulsory participation in check off programs to provide research and information for a particular commodity or brand, S4281 [19JN]

Colleges and universities: restrict institutions of higher education from using Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes (S. 2296), S5634 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: contract with public relations firm for advertising campaign to promote preventive health benefits of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3467 [23MY]

Las Vegas News Bureau: anniversary, S2914 [7MY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 2219), S1938–S1940 [21MR], S3470–S3478 [23MY], S4454 [25JN]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 3369), S4833 [10JY], S4835 [11JY], S6562, S6563 [21SE]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 3369), motion to proceed, S4938–S4942 [12JY], S4985–S4991, S4993–S5003, S5007, S5008, S5010–S5044 [16JY], S5051, S5056–S5072, S5076 [17JY], S5179 [19JY]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (S. 750), S285 [2FE]

SEC: eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions, S183 [31JA]

Supreme Court: anniversary of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S98–S106, S108–S110 [26JA], S285 [2FE]

——— decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S1442 [7MR], S3470–S3478 [23MY], S4193 [14JN], S4453–S4455 [25JN], S4986, S4988, S4993, S4995, S4997, S5001–S5003, S5017–S5022, S5025–S5044 [16JY], S5056–S5066, S5068–S5071 [17JY], S5180 [19JY], S6428 [19SE], S6562 [21SE]

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking, S2667 [25AP]

——— support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking (S. Res. 439), S8318–S8320 [20DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Constitutional amendment to exclude corporations from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate election expenditures: Sharon, MA, E1934 [13DE]

Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech: Sitka, AK, S5036 [16JY]

Texts of

S. Res. 439, support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC, classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking, S2736 [25AP], S8319 [20DE]

S. Res. 487, discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely effect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships for the Olympic Games, S3843 [7JN]