Day: April 2, 2009

Lobbying State of Play

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 2, 2009
Categories In LDA

Sunlight Foundation reports that there’s been a “K Street boom” since January, without 1,700 new registrations.

Pay to Play (on Committees)?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 2, 2009
Categories In Missouri

Authorities are allegedly investigating a scheme to provide committee chairmanships in exchange for campaign contributions, according to this report. The investigation into alleged political favors dates at least to 2008, when House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, was in charge of the chamber. Jetton, who did not seek re-election last year because of term limits, […]

Voiding the Stevens Case

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 2, 2009
Categories In Senate

The Times reports on yesterday’s DOJ deision to “void” the case against Sen. Ted Stevens. The case was one of the most high profile and bitterly fought in a string of corruption investigations into current and former members of Congress. But Justice Department lawyers told a federal court Wednesday that they had discovered a new […]