The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein nails it on the head in this post on lobbying: …I worry much more about... View Article
Continue readingWhy apply transparency to lobbying?
Multiple stories point to a huge lobbying effort on the part of the financial industry as the Senate debates reform... View Article
Continue readingWall Street Lobbyists Pine For Behind The Scenes Deals
Last week, Ezra Klein wrote a post on how members of both parties are still running around raising money from... View Article
Continue readingConnections In Congress May Aid BP Lobby Effort
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is quickly becoming a serious ecological disaster. At the same time, the event has become... View Article
Continue readingJohn Ensign’s Troubles Get Worse
Sen. John Ensign appears headed for a shorter than expected Senate career. Some senators are calling for public ethics hearings... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door From Capitol Hill to Big Banks
Concerned about seeing their huge profits cut, six big banks are leading the charge to weaken or block new financial... View Article
Continue readingOnline Users Look For Government Information
A new survey out from the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that Americans are going online to look... View Article
Continue readingWyden, Grassley Introduce Bill to End Secret Holds
This is a nice piece of legislation from Sens. Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley: The Secret Holds Elimination Act would... View Article
Continue readingIs Ben Nelson At It Again?
Despite the fall-out from the Cornhusker Kickback in the health care reform debate, Sen. Ben Nelson is, at best, creating... View Article
Continue readingFedEx Express v. UPS Lobbying Battle
NPR has a good piece on the on-going lobbying battle between shipping rivals FedEx and UPS. Here’s the gist of... View Article
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