Promontory Financial Group announced yesterday the hiring of Amy Friend, the former chief counsel on the Senate Banking Committee. Friend... View Article
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Sunlight has routinely focused on the glaring problem in lobbying disclosure that only those who spend 20 percent or more... View Article
Continue readingTom DeLay looks to Citizens United for a bailout
The Citizens United Supreme Court ruling may have not only opened a spigot of corporate money in our elections, it... View Article
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For-profit colleges “increased their donations to lawmakers … [hoping] that donations will get them audiences with lawmakers to convince them... View Article
Continue readingA couple of notes
Just a couple of house-keeping notes: 1) I’ll be tracking the next moves of the 95 congressmen and 19 senators... View Article
Continue readingOuting another secret hold senator and hoping for an end to secret holds
The Senate has yet to convene for its first official legislative day and thus we have to wait for them... View Article
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Tom Donohue, the head of the US Chamber of Commerce, the largest lobby shop in Washington, gave his State of... View Article
Continue readingColbert Mocks Congressmen Who Skipped Oath For Fundraiser
Last week I reported on the potential ethics rules violation by two members of Congress who missed the congressional swearing-in... View Article
Continue readingTwo Senators Revolve to K Street
Former senators Byron Dorgan and Bob Bennett have signed on to the lobbying firm Arent Fox. According to USA Today:... View Article
Continue readingWhy don’t lawmakers disclose nonprofits and charities they are affiliated with?
Last year the New York Times ran an article on the corporate donations to charities associated with members of Congress.... View Article
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