White House counsel Norm Eisen reminded the audience at last week’s GSPM event that the administration’s lobbyist rules are open for a 60-day evaluation period and this Post editorial endorses a close examination of the rules. The Obama administration is also making a mistake by barring lobbyists from, well, lobbying it in some circumstances. The […]
Day: May 11, 2009
Structuring the National Council for a New America
What is the National Council for a New America? A political action committee? Something else? Roll Call provides some answers. According to Rob Collins, Cantor’s deputy chief of staff, and Jan Baran, an ethics attorney with the law firm Wiley Rein who is advising the GOP effort, the National Council for a New America is […]
Norm Eisen Addresses New Horizons for Reform
Special Counsel to the President Norm Eisen spoke at Friday’s Brennan Center event and The Politico covers his remarks here. Eisen, a law school classmate of Obama who volunteered for his presidential campaign, said “having witnessed the small donor revolution taking place firsthand over the past two years, I will point out that … like […]