Month: March 2009

Earmark Ecoscape

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 13, 2009
Categories In LDA

This Post editorial supports President Obama’s earmark reform efforts.

Mr. Eisen’s Next Customer?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 13, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

From the Reliable Source (with no indication that a White House waiver will be required): Engaged: Melody Barnes, 44, and Marland Buckner, 42. She’s a senior domestic policy adviser at the White House; he’s a Democratic staffer-turned-lobbyist. The two met 10 years ago (she was Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel; he worked for Chuck Schumer and Harold […]

Meet Norm Eisen

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 13, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

The Post profiles Norm Eisen, he of the lobbyist-waiver dispensations. Eisen is the White House ethics adviser, the guardian of Obama’s integrity, and he is called for consultation every time the new administration has a question regarding more than 1,000 pages of government ethics rules and regulations. Want to hire a former lobbyist? Better call […]