A Wampanoag official was charged with fraud in a scheme allegedly involving campaign contributions, according to this report. According to a U.S. Department of Justice statement Glenn A. Marshall, 59, of Mashpee, Mass., was charged with five criminal counts. One count involves the payment to Jack A. Abramoff, a former Washington, D.C., lobbyist, of $12,000 […]
Day: December 16, 2008
Reform Campaign Finance: Discuss
The Post editorializes that a discussion on campaign finance reform proposals should begin. The campaign finance system was born in the wake of Watergate. It must be remade to function in today’s interconnected, more expensive world.
Obama Bonanza
Robert Samuelson discusses President-elect Obama’s “gift to K Street” here. There will be a vast mobilization of interests: from radiologists to renewable energy producers; from mutual funds to hospitals. Says Bara Vaida, the respected lobbying reporter for National Journal: “This will be a bonanza for K Street” — the symbolic hub of Washington lobbyists.