Two VECO officials will be sentenced in a corruption case soon, according to this report. Allen and Smith admitted breaking federal campaign finance laws on [Don] Young’s behalf, using corporate funds to pay the expenses of a yearly fundraiser from 1993 to 2006. The illegal corporate donations were not reported. The total spent by VECO […]
Day: October 23, 2009
Norm Eisen on lobbyist ban on boards and commissions
The White House’s Norm Eisen writes about the administration ban on lobbyists serving on boards and commissions here. While we recognize the contributions some of those who will be affected have made to these committees, it is an indisputable fact that in recent years, lobbyists for major special interests have wielded extraordinary power in Washington […]