[EL] House candidate Carr’s campaign drops ball on required finance filing

[Craig Holman]

Joseph explained it well. Federal law requires House candidates to file with the Clerk, Senate candidates with the Senate Secretary, and presidential candidates with OGE, which is then enforced by DOJ. It is an invaluable disclosure law for voters to discern conflicts of interest, and it mandates such disclosures for federal employees as well, not just candidates. The congressional offices and OGE are the administrative agencies. I just want to add the cite:


5 USC app., section 101 et seq.





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David
The requirement for a candidate for US House to file a personal financial disclosure report is not imposed by the Rules of the House but by the Ethics in Government Act--the federal statute.  While that statute confers certain authority on the House Ethics Committee to review the reports and implement the reporting requirements, the authority to enforce the law against a candidate lies with the US Department of Justice--not the House Ethics Committee which as you correctly surmise, has no jurisdiction to impose penalties on persons that are not currently Members of Congress or employees of Congress.
 

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How can the House, simply by its own rule, constitutionally require a non-member to file an ethics statement?
Can it really collect a late fee?
Even if the guy loses?
(The guy is a Republican running against a party-endorsed Democrat for Rep. Waxman's seat.)
(And the Congress for which he's running isn't the current one whose House adopted the rule.)


“House candidate Carr’s campaign drops ball on required finance filing” 

Posted on July 24, 2014 9:28 pmby Rick Hasen

LAT.



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