December 4, 2017 •
Monday’s Government and Ethics News Roundup
Campaign Finance
Trump Gives Rich Donors Massive Tax Cuts, Then Asks Them for Campaign Donations by Summer Meza for Newsweek
Wisconsin: Southern Door County joins push for campaign finance reform by Liz Welter for Green Bay Press-Gazette
Ethics
Bush ethics lawyer: Trump lawyer should be disbarred if he wrote Flynn firing tweet by Jacqueline Thomsen for The Hill
Ethics panel asks for details of past harassment cases against serving lawmakers by Cristina Marcos for The Hill
Georgia: Atlanta ethics office investigates airport conflict of interest issue by Kelly Yamanouchi for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Texas: Denton City Council to meet with ethics attorney by Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe for Denton Record-Chronicle
Texas: Laredo politicians undergo ethics training at TAMIU by Maria Salas for LMT Online
Lobbying
New Excise Tax Targets Big-Money Nonprofit Executives by Kate Ackley for Roll Call
Analysis: More than 6,000 lobbyists have worked on taxes in 2017 by Megan Wilson for The Hill
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