Day: June 21, 2010

Members of Congress take to the air

USAT covers the latest trends in privately-funded travel for Members of Congress. The Post’s Reliable Source column also has a recent note about travel by Senators (and their spouses). Financial disclosure forms released Wednesday show that Sen. Dianne Feinstein let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Sen. Barbara Boxer hitch a ride Christmas Eve on […]

Political fundraising and games of chance

The Post covers a political action committee raising money through bingo. The prodigious political fundraising machine turns out to have given away just $500 to a political candidate in the past 16 months, to Rep. Gary Peters, a first-term Michigan Democrat. That record demonstrates how loosely such federal PACs are regulated, because organizers are free […]