What a month for deadlines. July 30 is the deadline for the LD-203. The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 requires lobbying registrants and individual lobbyists to file a semi-annual report of certain contributions, along with a certification that the filer understands the gift and travel rules of both the House and the […]
The Hill examines how blogs and other online activity can generate buzz for a lobbying effort or grassroots campaign. [Michael] Cornfield’s firm, 720 Strategies, is part of a growing subset of the lobbying business that tries to measure the political impact of buzz. Using complex algorithms that sift through the mass of data passing over […]
The Post reports that authorities are investigating an $8 million earmark that Rep. Murtha allegedly arranged. Over the years, Murtha arranged tens of millions of dollars in earmarks for two Pennsylvania firms central to the investigation, Coherent Systems International and Kuchera Defense Systems. “It really puts a fine point on the murky, unaccountable web that […]