Presidential debates are conducted pursuant to agreements between the campaigns with the involvement of the Commission on Presidential Debates. This Memorandum of Understanding between the Bush and Kerry campaigns in 2004 is found several places online. Some agreements ban the use of debate footage in campagin ads. Is that the point of a paragraph (e) […]
Day: September 26, 2008
Hard Deadlines, New Forms for Travel
The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct announced a hard 14 day deadline for privately-funded officially-connected travel pre-approval and new forms in this pink sheet. There is an exception to the 14 day requirement for last minute requests from media outlets to appear for an interview or appearance.
$700 Billion, 18,000 Lobbyists, 1 Week to Passage
“Rescue’s Rush Puts Lobbyists in a Crunch,” according to this Post story. Congress is currently attempting the unusual feat of passing major legislation in a single week, spurred by fear of an imminent economic collapse. The types of decisions that often take years of debate are being made in hours. And that has left little […]