Month: June 2009

Senate Rules Hearing for Federal Election Commission Nominee John Sullivan

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 6, 2009
Categories In FEC

According to the Senate Rules Committee’s website, there will be a hearing for Federal Election Commission nominee John Sullivan at 2:30 p.m. on June 10th.

Rep. Murtha’s Connection to Kuchera Companies

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 5, 2009
Categories In House

What is Rep. Murtha’s connection to Bill and Ron Kuchera’s companies? That’s the topic of this Post report. In January, federal agents raided the ranch, along with the homes of Bill Kuchera and his younger brother Ron and the offices of two Kuchera companies. Federal authorities are investigating tips from company insiders suggesting that taxpayers […]

Lobbyist Random Audits

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 5, 2009
Categories In West Virginia

Here is more news about random audits of lobbyists, this time from West Virginia. Lobbyists’ spending disclosure reports from recent legislative sessions had only minor omissions on a handful of reports, the state Ethics Commission was told Thursday. Under state ethics law, the commission randomly selects 30 lobbyists each year and has an independent auditor […]