That’s what The Office of Congressional Ethics is looking into: The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating eight lawmakers who held fundraisers within 48 hours of a major House vote on a Wall Street reform bill or received substantial donations from business people with a financial stake in the bill, according to congressional sources and […]
Now that the American people have bailed out the banking system and our leaders are looking at ways to recoup the hundreds of billions of tax dollars we have spent, Wall Street is starting to look at ways to get out of paying us back. According to an article in today’s New York Times, the […]
We heard time and time again how Republicans believed everything should be between you and your doctor when it comes to healthcare. They don’t want the government in the decision making and they believe the information should be confidential. Well there was a bill passed under Bush and the Republican controlled Congress that lead to […]
Well that’s if you believe a new report that news organizations like the Washington Post is pushing as some sort of big news item: After months of collaboration on President Obama’s attempt to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, the insurance industry plans to strike out against the effort on Monday with a report warning that […]
The practice of leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist is all to common: “It used to be that lawmakers were coy about any ideas they had about heading for K Street, waiting until their terms ended before announcing they were beginning a more lucrative career,” Politico’s Kenneth Vogel opines. Not anymore. Florida Sen. Mel […]
From Think Progress: The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I’ve seen in 30 years. In fact, it’s a $60 billion giveaway to the health insurance industry every year. It was written by healthcare lobbyists, so that’s not a surprise. It’s an outrage. Now those are some harsh words, and I mean […]
This week Obama tells lobbyists and special interest groups that he is ready to fight when it comes to the budget.
Today President Obama announced that he was freezing the salary of all White House aides. Not only that, but he also announced he was instituting new limits on lobbyists in the White House.
Couldn’t happen to a better corporation: Wal-Mart’s former Republican outreach director will be charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the next to fall in a long list of current and former lobbyists linked to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, according to court documents filed last week. Abramoff, formerly a powerful Republican lobbyist for the […]
You can’t select who ends up sitting on a board with you, but you sure as hell can select who works on your campaign. So perhaps John McCain needs to explain this to the American people: William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence […]