And now to totally contradict my previous post stating why no one needs to talk about tickle-monster Eric Massa. The... View Article
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1) Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and a member of her staff are being called before a grand jury in Michigan.... View Article
Continue readingNYT: E-mails Indicate Deepening of Scandal Surrounding Sen. John Ensign
While everyone’s been running around writing about former congresstickler Eric Massa, Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton of the New York... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing the Cycle of Transparency
This "Cycle of Transparency" demonstrates, in one image, the specific actions and the variety of actors that need to work together to create the open, transparent government we seek.
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1) Roll Call prints a classic headline: “Earmark Advocates Skeptical of Ban.” Who would have thought that? 2) Bailed-out firms... View Article
Continue readingPfizer CEO Gets Raise for Behind Scenes Deals With White House
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. Billy Tauzin was bounced from his perch as President and CEO of... View Article
Continue readingThe Blanche Lincoln Energy & Climate Complex
Sen. Blanche Lincoln has put herself front and center in opposing efforts by her party’s leadership to pass or implement... View Article
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1) Nancy Scola presents a very important view of lobbyist influence in Congress. She writes about lawmakers, “They’re not crooks,... View Article
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1) A trade group organized to lobby for the interests of foreign-owned subsidiaries hired a former counsel to the Democratic... View Article
Continue readingHeckuva Job, Ethics Committee!
Wondering why the House Ethics Committee exonerated every single lawmaker touched by the PMA Group campaign contributions-for-earmarks scandal? They didn’t... View Article
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