The Post profiles the state of the lobbying industry today. Lobbying revenue for many of the city’s most powerful advocacy firms, including bellwethers such as Patton Boggs and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, plunged 10 percent or more in the first half of the year. … “If you can’t make payroll, and you can’t […]
Day: September 6, 2009
Van Jones and Vetting the Czars
The circumstances surrounding the resignation of green jobs czar Van Jones will spark interest in the who, what, when, where, and why of czar vetting.
Citizens United Outlook
The Washington Times provides an overview of what’s at stake in Citizens United in this article this morning. Other supporters of the legal effort say they welcome the court’s intervention, given the volumes of regulations that now surround the spending of money on elections. “The field has become so complex that citizens cannot understand it and […]