If lobbying's any indication, the Export-Import bank won't go away anytime soon. A Sunlight Foundation analysis of the 20 organizations that have lobbied the most on the Ex-Im bank shows that 19 of 20 support the bank.
Continue readingWyoming showdown: Enzi v. Cheney likely to set off a money scramble
The race between two well-connected Republicans will put big donors in a bind in Wyoming.
Continue readingWho’s Lobbying on Guantanamo Bay?
We all know that there are lobbyists for companies and unions managing their, or their members, bottom lines. There are... View Article
Continue readingThe Sun to Shine on Cheney
It looks like judges are getting with the transparency picture. Today, U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina ruled that by the end of next week, the Secret Service must produce access to records of who visited Vice President in his office and at his personal residence.
The Washington Post asked for two years of White House visitor logs in June but the Secret Service refused to process the request. Government attorneys called it "a fishing expedition into the most sensitive details of the vice presidency."
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