The Times reports on a lobbying campaign undertaken by the student loan industry in response to proposals to end government subsidies. According to the article, “an aggressive lobbying campaign by the nation’s biggest student lenders has now put one of the White House’s signature plans in peril, with lenders using sit-downs with lawmakers, town-hall-style meetings […]
Month: February 2010
Crazed sheep ad going viral?
Okay, I still use Yahoo! email so I visit Yahoo! a lot, and today there’s a story about an ad I posted about this morning (screen capture below) after learning about it via Colin Delany’s e.politics site. The ad features what Delany calls “the Robot Sheep of Doom.” Read the Yahoo story (“Bizarre attack ad […]
Thor Hearne to Arent Fox
Thor Hearne joined Arent Fox’s Washington office, according to this firm press release. Mr. Hearne’s arrival is the latest step in the rapid growth of Arent Fox’s bipartisan Political Law Group. In October 2009, Brett G. Kappel joined Arent Fox as counsel in the firm’s Washington, DC office, where he advises Democratic and Republican candidates […]