The Hill reports on a new development in the House Ethics investigation into trips to the Caribbean. Photos taken at the 2008 conference show banners bearing several corporate logos, including Pfizer, AT&T, Verizon, American Airlines and Citigroup. Against the backdrop of corporate logos, two CBC members thanked the corporate sponsors by name, according to recordings […]
Day: July 6, 2009
Nevada Campaign Finance Reform Update
The Las Vegas Sun provides this update on campaign finance reform efforts in the state.
Eliza Newlin Carney on Austin
Eliza Newlin Carney’s Rules of the Game column discusses Austin. Oddest of all, however, is that the Supreme Court should set out to roll back campaign restrictions on corporations at a time when their outsized political role is under attack.