Month: August 2009

Jack Abramoff-Related Case Update

Roll Call reports that Kevin Ring’s trial starts soon. Among those expected to testify are Todd Boulanger, an aide to then-Sen. Bob Smith (R-N.H.) and later one of Abramoff’s deputies who pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to defraud the government; Neil Volz, chief of staff to then-Rep. Bob Ney (R-Ohio) who became a lobbyist […]

Americans for Campaign Reform

Roll Call profiles Daniel Weeks and Americans for Campaign Reform in this article. In an interview Tuesday, the 2006 Yale University graduate also said the campaign finance community is ready for a makeover. Weeks said “from the start” reformers have been too aligned with “left-of-center” political ideology, which has discouraged possible conservative allies from affiliating […]