Politico has the latest on Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad and their Countrywide mortgages. According to an Associated Press report late Monday, Robert Feinberg, who worked in the Countrywide’s “VIP” section, informed congressional investigators last month that both senators were told “who you know is basically how you’re coming in here.”
Day: July 27, 2009
The White House and Twitter
Mediaite has an exclusive story on whether Twitter is blocked in the White House and an interview with Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton on the topic.
Tennessee Ethics Commission
Roger Brown has more on the controversy surrounding the Tennessee Ethics Commission. The commission’s birth had filled a need, following years of public outrage after several state lawmakers, who were accused of selling votes for bribes, were arrested in an FBI undercover sting operation known as “Operation Tennessee Waltz.” State Sen. Roy Herron, D-Dresden, one […]