Month: October 2009

House Ethics and Sam Graves

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 29, 2009
Categories In House

The House Ethics Committee issued a press release on a matter involving Rep. Sam Graves today. The report (541 pages) is here.

Lobbyists invited to fundraiser

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 29, 2009
Categories In FEC

The Hill reports that lobbyists were invited to a fundraiser. Dozens of lobbyists were invited to a Democratic National Committee (DNC) fundraiser Tuesday night with a Cabinet member even though President Barack Obama has sworn off taking money from lobbyists. A DNC official said it was a mistake that lobbyists were invited to a small […]

White House donor access update

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 29, 2009
Categories In Executive Branch

The Times has the latest on White House guests who are getting some attention. “Contributing doesn’t guarantee a visit to the White House,” Mr. Gibbs said, “nor does it preclude it.”