If the Supreme Court is going to announce its opinion in Citizens United before the end of the year, the Court’s post-Thanksgiving “red zone” looms, as this excerpt of the Court’s calendar shows.
Day: November 24, 2009
The Office of Congressional Ethics bites back against House Ethics Committee in sharply-worded response
A controversy surrounding the Office of Congressional Ethics’ treatment of a matter involving Rep. Sam Graves has generated this sharply-worded response from OCE. In conclusion, the Board [of OCE] believes the interests of the House and the public will be better served if both the SOOC and the OCE each focus on their own internal […]
Rep. Mollohan and the Department of Justice
The Post raises questions about Rep. Mollohan’s control over the Department of Justice’s budget while he is allegedly the subject of an agency investigation. After becoming House Speaker in January 2007, Pelosi defended her decision to let Mollohan remain as a powerful “cardinal” over the Appropriations subcommittee. “Quite frankly, I think the Justice Department is […]