The Post has information about a new University of Maryland study on members of Congress who use Twitter. Launched in 2006, Twitter allows users to send succinct (no more than 140 characters) reports on their comings, goings and musings. Sixty-nine members of Congress had Twitter accounts by February. The number has since risen to 169. […]
Day: September 20, 2009
Where Lobbyists Eat
The Post features a piece on where many lobbyists are dining these days. These regulars dine on the edge of Penn Quarter, the newly hip locus of Washington lobbying power, the product of a migration east from K Street to the glossy new offices and trendy brick fixer-uppers. You can’t underestimate the power of cool. […]
Campaign Finance Angle to John Edwards Controversy
The Times reports on developments in the controversy surrounding John Edwards and a campaign finance angle to the case. Fred Baron, who was Edwards’ national finance chairman and a wealthy Dallas-based trial attorney, said last year he quietly sent money to Hunter and to Young’s family to resettle in California. Baron, who died following complications […]