ETHICS UPDATE. Roll Call. “The House Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is continuing an investigation into Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez’s former employment of a lobbyist.”
DATA ACT TO PRESIDENT. Roll Call. “Recently, in a victory for open data, both chambers of Congress passed with bipartisan support the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act.”
DEMOCRACY ALLIANCE CONFIDENTIAL. WFB. “The Democracy Alliance takes pains to ensure that its work disbursing millions of dollars to top left-wing organizations remains secretive and free from public scrutiny. But a document left on the floor of the group’s recent gathering reveals for the first time the names of a number of individuals involved in the effort.”
ANDREWS LANDS. App.com. “Former Rep. Rob Andrews is officially a lobbyist.”
RAMAN JUMPS. Govconwire.com. “Mythili Raman, formerly acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department‘s criminal division, has joined Covington & Burling as a partner in the law firm’s white-collar defense and litigation practices.”
REVOLVING DOOR SLOW. WP. “Congressional staff members who pass through the revolving door and onto K Street understandably draw scrutiny. Where are they going? How will they use their Hill connections? How much money will they make?”
SUPER PAC DIY. NJ. “For [John] Jordan, building his own highly specific political organizations is proving much more attractive than simply doling out checks to omnibus groups like Crossroads. And he’s one of a growing number of millionaires and billionaires who are taking this approach.”
KS: SCRUTINY ON LOBBYING. KansasCity.com. “Three lobbyists and a former state official have told The Star and its sister paper, The Wichita Eagle, that they have been approached by the FBI to talk about pay-to-play influence in Kansas.”
MO: BLUNT REGISTERED. CBS. “He followed his father into politics, and now former Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has officially followed his step-mother’s lead and become a registered lobbyist.”
OH: SENTENCE FOR TICKETS AND DINNERS. Cincinnati.com. “A Cincinnati-area lobbyist must pay $2,000 in fines for failing to report gifts to lawmakers of Bengals tickets and upscale dinners, a Franklin County judge said Thursday.”
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