Even after the collapse of the financial industry and the subsequent bailout, firms injected with government money still found time... View Article
Continue readingBailout Recipients Lobbying
From October 1, 2008 through the end of the year, eighteen companies that had received, or would receive, bailout funds... View Article
Continue readingCongressional Lobbying Databases Updated
The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate have updated their Lobbying Disclosure Act databases. (This may... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Are People Too
A large number of President Obama’s supporters were outraged that one day after instituting strict lobbying restrictions for his administration... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbying Rules on TARP
Just yesterday, I was posting about restricting TARP firms from using funds for political influence. Today, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner... View Article
Continue readingLobbying With My Money
There are so many “fool me once…” moments with the ongoing bailout of the financial industry. One that is particularly... View Article
Continue readingWilliam Lynn and New Lobbying Restrictions
The new Executive Order on ethics and lobbying issued by President Obama has caused some problems for the nomination of... View Article
Continue readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year! The Sunlight blog is back after the holidays and here’s a look back at some stories we... View Article
Continue readingManifest Destiny: From Constitution Ave. to K Street
As lawmakers gain seniority in Congress their influence grows and with that growth comes a sort of manifest destiny to... View Article
Continue readingMadoff’s firm lobbied for earmarks
Yesterday I was talking to some folks about whether, given the trillions potentially committed to bailouts, there's any sense in continuing to probe earmarks. I say of course there is.
Our friends at the Center for Responsive Politics put together a handy guide to the political influence wielded by Bernard L. Madoff, who was arrested and charged with running a hedge fund that allegedly operated as a giant ponzi scheme. Among the information CRP flagged was a lobbying disclosure from 2005 from the firm of Lent, Scrivner & Roth, LLC, which shows, on page three, that Bernard L. Madoff Investment ...
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