A new University of Kansas study shows that companies engaging lobbyists get a healthy return on their investment, according to this Post report. The study zeros in on 93 firms that spent as much as $282.7 million lobbying on the issue during that period, and ultimately saved a total of $62.5 billion through the tax […]
Month: April 2009
What does the Stevens Case Mean for Alaska Prosecutions?
That’s basically what The Times asks this morning. Does the Stevens case wreckage impact any of the other related prosecutions in Alaska? Or any unrelated cases? “Any good lawyer is going to be saying, ‘If they are brazen enough or sloppy enough to withhold evidence in the Ted Stevens case, we need to presume they […]
OCE Breaking the Ice
According to Politico, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. acknowledged that the Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating his “maneuvering” for President Obama’s old Senate seat. The Office of Congressional Ethics can conduct a preliminary investigation and then make a recommendation to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, otherwise known as the ethics committee, for […]