Month: August 2008

Gustav and the Convention

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2008
Categories In Uncategorized

Roll Call has this update on Hurricane Gustav’s impact on convention events.

All in the Family

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 29, 2008
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

This story covers the lobbyist son of Joseph Biden. Section 214 of HLOGA provides: It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the use of a family relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is inappropriate… Section 521 also […]

Pay-to-Play on the Island

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 29, 2008
Categories In New York

In Suffolk County, there’s a new proposal to ban political contributions from county employees and those doing business with the county. Alden’s proposal, which remains in draft form, would set a ballot referendum to ask voters to make illegal political contributions from county employees, people doing business with the county, recipients of funding from the […]