If ever we saw the fruits, and possibilities, of disclosure and transparency, it is in this New York Times profile... View Article
Continue readingShould We Increase Lobbying Disclosure Requirements for Bailout Firms?
When bailed out companies spend money to lobby the government, should we expect greater transparency about their lobbying operations? This... View Article
Continue readingThree More Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts
Three more agencies have begun posting, or provided a place to post, communications between lobbyists and agency officials in regards... View Article
Continue readingThe FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds
Last week, I wrote about the number of agencies complying with President Obama’s memorandum on lobbyist communications related to funds... View Article
Continue readingAgencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts
Some executive branch agencies are beginning to post lobbyist communications as required by the March 20th White House memorandum on... View Article
Continue readingStimulus Lobbying Disclosure Order: No legal problems
The last month has brought major changes in lobbyists’ interactions with the government and the American people’s ability to learn... View Article
Continue readingGillibrand’s Sunlight Report Pulls Back the Curtain
Back when Kirsten Gillibrand was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006, she promised to post her daily schedule... View Article
Continue readingCongress Passes Stronger Authority for TARP Special IG
Yesterday, the House followed the Senate by passing a bill to provide the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Assets... View Article
Continue readingRecovery Lobbying Rules: Reversing the Disclosure Burden
Last week, President Obama released an Executive Memorandum providing suggested rules for transparency and accountability surrounding the distribution of funds... View Article
Continue readingGrassley seeks lobbyist disclosure for tariff bills
It's been a while since I've looked at tariffs, but, as CongressDaily notes, they're back in the news (well, at least inside the beltway):
fter a high-profile fight over earmarks in the omnibus appropriations bill, another front in that battle is shaping up to be a huge package of tariff breaks on imported goods being cobbled together by the House Ways and Means Committee.Senate Finance ranking member Charles Grassley wants to add the name of each lobbyist or individual proponent to the hundreds of individual tariff and duty suspensions Congress might consider, often of benefit to ...
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