Month: August 2008

Catching Up on Indictment News

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 26, 2008
Categories In Puerto Rico

A federal grand jury indicted Anibal Acevedo Vila and others in a campaign finance case. More news here.

New Source for Data: TheLobbyingReports.com

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 26, 2008
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

TheLobbyingReports.com, brought to you by Lobbyists.info, is a new site dedicated to analysis of LD-203 data and in-depth profiles of lobbyists, lobbying firms, and other key information. The interface is intuitive and appears to be a powerful improvement on the search capabilities of the House and Senate sites.

Freeze and Put Down that Toothpick!

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 26, 2008
Categories In HLOGA, LDA

A group alleged that a Visa and US Bank event at the Democratic National Convention is violating House rules. Any freshman Democrat who does participate in the August 27 reception should be treated by the public and media as failing to comply with the language, meaning, purpose and spirit of the new House ethics rule […]