Sen. Scott Brown's campaign requests FEC approval to buy his book
By Ryan Sibley Jan 27 2011 3:36 p.m.Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachussetts wants to thank his campaign donors with a signed copy of his yet to be released autobiography. And in order to do so, he's asked the Federal Election Commission to allow him to buy several thousand of copies of his own book using his campaign committee's funds.
But Brown says he doesn't plan to profit from this. According to the advisory opinion request he'll either not receive royalties from this purchase or he will donate all the proceeds he receives from this purchase to charity.
Brown also plans to mix up his two lines of work, author and politician, by using his committee's mailing lists to promote the book and holding fundraising eventsfor his campaign while on book tours financed by his publisher, Harper Collins. Of course, this is only if the FEC says it is okay.
Search the Blog
Related Content
- Campaign Finance 125
- FEC 32
- Senator Scott Brown 1
Real Time Ticker
Recent Posts
- JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met with Treasury Secretary on Volcker in March
- Trying to track JPMorgan? Treasury Dodd-Frank meeting logs not up to date
- Super PAC profile: Ending Spending aids Palin-endorsed Senate hopeful in Nebraska
- JPMorgan better at hedging political bets than financial investments?
- JPMorgan not alone
Reporting we're watching
- Sunlight Foundation: On the revolving door, a correction and a proposal
- Sunlight Foundation: 2Day in #OpenGov 5/16/2012
- OpenSecrets: Did OpenSecrets.org Foil A Chinese Propaganda Hit?
- Sunlight Foundation: Survey finds attack ads work, though better on some voters than others
- OpenSecrets: Violence Against Women Act Focus of Heavy Lobbying
