Late yesterday, Leader Pelosi called for the new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction (or “SuperCongress”) to hold open meetings... View Article
Continue readingD.C. insider, Sen. Portman, another possible pick for “Super Congress”
Sen. Robert Portman’s, R-Ohio, name is making the rounds as a contender to serve on the “super committee”, and with his prior stints at top federal agencies and with big name lobbying firms, his ties to industry interests runs deep.
Portman serves on the budget, armed services, energy and natural resources, and homeland security committees, all of which are are slated for some major cuts. He has received $4 million in contributions from the financial services and real estate sector and another $1.8 million has come from lobbyists and lawyers. Another prominent contributor to Portman in recent years ...
Continue readingBuilding Steam for “SuperCongress” Transparency
Since our Tuesday morning blog post, a growing chorus is demanding that Congress’s new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction... View Article
Continue reading“Super Congress”: industry ties to some possible picks
With President Obama’s signature on the bill to raise the debt ceiling, congressional leaders now have 14 days to select the lawmakers who will quickly become the most lobbied politicians in town: the “Super Congress” of twelve lawmakers, six Democrats and six Republicans from both chambers who will be charged with the task of finding $1.5 trillion in cuts or revenue to lower the deficit. Nobody knows yet who will take on this task, but it’s a sure bet that whoever it is will already be in debt themselves -- to the lobbyists and industries who fund their ...
Continue readingOpenSuperCongress: Debt Committee Must be Transparent
Sunlight is ramping up our effort to get the new “Super Congress” committee to be as transparent as they are... View Article
Continue reading- « Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
59063
