Month: June 2009

Bundlers Abroad

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 26, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

President Obama has appointed a number of his campaign bundlers, fundraisers, and donors to foreign postings, according to this Post report. Obama said he will nominate William Eacho, chief executive officer of Carlton Capital Group, a private investment company, to be ambassador to Austria. Eacho raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s presidential run; he and […]

Texas Ethics Issue

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 26, 2009
Categories In Texas

Should a judge be removed from a case when he got campaign contributions from a law firm linked to a defendant in a case? This Post article presents exactly that question.

Five Members Under Investigation

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 26, 2009
Categories In House

The Times reports on the recent House Ethics notice that five officeholders are under investigation regarding trips to the Caribbean. The lawmakers under scrutiny said the Committee on Standards of Conduct — the ethics committee’s full name — approved the travel in advance, as required by House rules. Despite that approval, there are indications that […]