James Love at The Huffington Post notes that GlaxoSmithKline’s voicemail system has a number exclusively “for members of Congress looking for GSK campaign contributions”: “If you are calling regarding a PAC fundraiser, press 3.” … David Sirota offers a brief timetable of mad cow disease and the corruption of federal regulators. … Facing South blogs about the federal government giving contracts to tax cheats. … Think Progress catalogues another spin of the revolving door as former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers is joining the board of directors of the defense contractor Northup Grumman. … Instapundit reports on Republican plans to restrain earmarks calling the plan by Appropriations subcommittee chairmen to limit project requests, “a modest improvement, which is better than no improvement.”