Politico has more on Senator Martinez, his contact with DLA Piper before he left the Senate, and other news about his move to the lobbying/law firm. “We didn’t have any discussions with him until he decided to leave the Senate, and we didn’t conduct any negotiations with him of any sort until he had left […]
Day: September 25, 2009
The Supreme Court and Citizens United
Citizens United was submitted to the Supreme Court after reargument on September 9, 2009. Since then, there have been several items involving the Court. Today, The Post reports that Justice Ginsburg was admitted to the hospital for medical reasons. This weekend, Justice Sotomayor will throw out the first pitch at a Yankees game, among other […]
Junior Senator from Massachusetts
The Times profiles Paul G. Kirk, Jr. here. In the late 1990s, he did lobbying work for the pharmaceuticals Hoechst Marion Roussel and Aventis, which led critics to question Thursday whether his voting on health care legislation could be a conflict of interest. More recently, Mr. Kirk has served on the board of Hartford Financial […]