President-elect Obama’s rules for lobbyist participation in the transition may or may not have been tripped, according to Politico. One of the leading members of President-elect Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services transition team was an anti-tobacco lobbyist as recently as September, a position that would appear to break a transition team rule that prevents […]
Day: November 15, 2008
Complaint Against Church
A group has allegedly filed a complaint against the Church of Latter Day Saints regarding Proposition 8. A California gay rights activist filed a complaint Thursday accusing the Mormon church of failing to report the value of the work it did to support the state’s new same-sex marriage ban. Fred Karger, the founder of Californians […]
Presidential Inaugural Committee Head is Former Lobbyist
President-elect Obama has selected former Patton Boggs lobbyist Emmett Beliveau to head the Presidential Inaugural Committee, according to reports. Obama’s choice, Emmett Beliveau, is a former attorney at Patton Boggs and the son of prominent Maine attorney and Democrat Severin Beliveau. The younger Beliveau, a graduate of Georgetown Law School, also worked on the campaigns […]