A Challenge to Restrictions on Legal Services Programs: Dobbins v. Legal Services Corporation

Since 1996, the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which funds legal services for the poor, has placed severe restrictions how its funds can be used, and extended these restrictions to private funds raised by legal services programs. In December 2001 four legal service programs in New York City, a private charity and pro bono attorney filed suit against the Legal Services Corporation challenging the constitutionality of restrictions. On December 20, 2004 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York struck down application of the rule imposing the restrictions on private funding of legal aid groups. The judge denied the plaintiffs' challenge to the restrictions on direct LSC funding. The case, which has broad implications for the nonprofit sector, is under appeal.

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Futher Skepticism of Impact of Bump in Tax Revenues

Aug 18, 2005 by Adam Hughes*

Following the Congressional Budget Office release of an updated budget and economic outlook this past Monday, both the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Senate Budget Committee Democratic Staff released their own analyses of the CBO update. While both CBPP and the Senate budget staff believe the projections are improvements on the White House's mid-year update, they also believe the estimates are too optimistic. In particular, the two reports stress the long-term budget picture has not improved significantly and also that it will drastically worsen if the tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 are extended.

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Ney Criticizes Common Cause for Failure to File LDA Rept.

Aug 17, 2005 by Guest Blogger

Common Cause, a political reform organization that has frequently criticized Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) and other House Republican leaders, was itself blasted by Ney for a lapse in filing a lobbying disclosure report due earlier this year. Ney said a delay by Common Cause in filing a report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act proved that procedural changes are needed, including a move to electronic filing of lobbying reports.

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Docket

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Economically Significant

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E-Government

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E-Rulemaking

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Executive Order

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