Thanks to the oganizers of BarcampDC for bringing together an amazing group of people from around town (and the east coast). I ran into Rally Congress’ Christopher Kinnan, who’s doing very interesting work using the power of the internet in legislative campaigns. There were a lot of tech entrepreneurs participating, including Kevin Dewalt who writes […]
Day: November 15, 2009
Homebuilder lobbying and basic government relations math
The Times discusses a provision of the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 providing eligible homebuilders tax credits of about $33 billion. Securing this tax break was a top priority for home builders, lobbying records show. The Center for Responsive Politics reports that through Oct. 26 of this year, home builders paid $6 […]