Noted without response. From Justice Thomas’ dissent wherein he states that the court should eliminate all campaign finance disclosure requirements:... View Article
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1) Arthur Delaney does a good job explaining lobbyist deregistrations. 2) Sen. John Ensign’s love affair and subsequent pay-off, cover-up... View Article
Continue readingThe Little Things We Take For Granted
So, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announced that they were going to place the final health care bill online for... View Article
Continue readingDo certain provisions in the health care bill violate disclosure requirements?
Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Coburn and a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid... View Article
Continue readingCan we have more lobbyist inspired ventriloquism?
I am anxiously awaiting a bipartisan coterie of congressmen releasing identical statements objecting to President Obama’s new policy targeting biologics... View Article
Continue readingPelosi & Hoyer Say Final Health Care Bill To Be Online For 72 Hours
Last week, Jake wrote that “it is utterly imperative that the final version of the bill be online for the... View Article
Continue readingTurning Gruber’s Disclosure Failure Into A Future Disclosure Policy
Sen. Charles Grassley is diving into the Jonathan Gruber scandal by asking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Help Write Senator’s Amendment
Further dispatches from the Fifth Branch of government provided by the Washington Post: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is likely to... View Article
Continue readingBook Anticipation: “King of the Lobby: The Life and Times of Sam Ward, Man-About-Washington in the Gilded Age.”
Writing about lobbying and influence has a sort of staring into the abyss quality to it. Sometimes you just admire... View Article
Continue readingThe Nitty Gritty of Calling for 72 Hours for the Final Health Care Bill
As Jake wrote last week, the final version of the health care bill must be made publicly available for 72... View Article
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