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Monthly Archives: October 2009

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Half the members of Defense subcommittee under investigation (PMA Group update)

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Eric Brown

Half the members of a Defense subcommittee are under investigation, according to this article.  (See my earlier post on the security breach below.) The document obtained by The Post offers the most detailed picture yet of a widening inquiry into … Continue reading →

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House Ethics Committee security breach reveals investigations

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Eric Brown

The Times reports on the latest involving the House Ethics Committee’s investigations and a security breach. The security breach related to a document that contained the names of two dozen members of Congress whose conduct has come into question, along … Continue reading →

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Florida Senate race website controversy update

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Eric Brown

The St. Petersburg Times’s The Buzz has the latest in a controversy involving a website and the Crist/Rubio Senate contest.

Posted in FEC

13 await sentence. The crime? Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Eric Brown

The FCPA Blog has the interesting (and somewhat suprising) news on the thirteen individuals awaiting sentencing for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Who are they? A former congressman, a famous entrepreneur, husband-and-wife movie producers, c-level executives and top … Continue reading →

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A new report from U.S. PIRG links lobbying, contributions, and tax reform

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Eric Brown

A new U.S. Public Interest Research Group report links lobbying expenditures and corporate PAC contributions to opposition to certain tax reform proposals. Huffington Post’s relatively new Lobbyblog notes the report here.

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