The complete meltdown in subprime mortgages has caused a total makeover of the investment industry. The effect of the makeover... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here
If you’re a lawmaker, or former CIA official, caught in a corruption investigation there are many different ways to get... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Massage Chairs and Sled Dogs
Lawyers allege that Sen. Ted Stevens received additional gifts outside of the over $250,000 in labor and renovations to his... View Article
Continue readingGovernment Takeover to Roil K Street
Yesterday, I was thinking about Sen. Jim DeMint’s bill to ban Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from lobbying Congress and... View Article
Continue readingFull Ring Indictment
The full indictment of lobbyist Kevin Ring is available here part 1, part 2 (via Letter of Apology). As I... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit
The Detroit Big Three are seeking $50 billion in government loans. Their big lobbying push begins as Congress comes back... View Article
Continue readingAround the Corner, September Legislative Agenda
Birds of a feather flock together. On Monday, our nation’s legislators will return, on winged flight, to finish up the... View Article
Continue readingJack Abramoff Sentenced to 4 Years
Once one of the biggest lobbyists in Washington, Jack Abramoff was just sentenced to 4 years in prison. Abramoff faced... View Article
Continue readingIndustry Influence: Alternative Energy
From Teapot Dome to Ted Stevens, the oil and gas industry holds a special place in imagination of Americans. This... View Article
Continue readingTCS, Post examine Palin’s pursuit of earmarks
The most interesting story on Alaska Gov. and Republican nominee for Vice President Sarah Palin is the Washington Post's report that, as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin "employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents." Our friends at Taxpayers for Common Sense provided the earmark analysis. Note who Palin hired:
As mayor of Wasilla, however, Palin oversaw the hiring of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, an Anchorage-based law firm with close ties to Alaska's most senior Republicans: Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens, who was indicted in July ...Continue reading
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