Day: January 23, 2009

Clinton Foundation Donor

A donor to the Clinton foundation is in the news. Former President Bill Clinton’s foundation, despite identifying more than 200,000 of its donors in recent weeks, will not say who paid it windfall prices for stock in a struggling Internet firm with links to the Chinese government.

Obama Promises

President Obama’s campaign promises on the issues of ethics and campaign finance are buried in this article. He has promised to create a centralized Internet database of lobbying reports, ethics records and campaign finance filings that can be searched and downloaded by the public. Obama has also suggested forming an independent watchdog agency to oversee […]