Month: July 2009

Continuing the Bundler Foreign Service Tradition

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 7, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

The Washington Times reports that President Obama is continuing the tradition of naming top campaign and party fundraisers to ambassadorships.

Congressional Investigation Into Caribbean Trip Led by Caribbean Traveler

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 6, 2009
Categories In House

The Hill reports on a new development in the House Ethics investigation into trips to the Caribbean. Photos taken at the 2008 conference show banners bearing several corporate logos, including Pfizer, AT&T, Verizon, American Airlines and Citigroup. Against the backdrop of corporate logos, two CBC members thanked the corporate sponsors by name, according to recordings […]

Nevada Campaign Finance Reform Update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date July 6, 2009
Categories In Nevada

The Las Vegas Sun provides this update on campaign finance reform efforts in the state.