AP covers Rep. Rangel’s financial disclosure and related issues. A new set of potential problems in Rep. Charles Rangel’s financial papers has prompted the tax-writing lawmaker to hire a forensic accounting expert to try to unravel the mess.Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is already the subject of ethics committee investigations […]
Day: September 17, 2008
Donors in Danger?
Reid Cox covers the recent report that the Department of Justice will not pursue donors to independent groups. Thus, while “contributors” may be off the criminal hook, and seem not usually to be targets of the FEC’s civil enforcement, none of this means that those donors won’t have to play a role-at their expense-in those […]
Lame Duck Session
According to this report, some lobbyists favor a lame duck session of Congress. Lobbyists for trade groups, companies and municipalities big and small have quietly put out word on Capitol Hill that they want more time to get their priorities enacted. Meet the newest coalition in Washington: lobbyists who see an advantage in a post-election […]