The Times discusses the corporate earmark ban in this editorial. The House ban was announced just days after the committee blithely pronounced the coincidence of generous defense contracts and political contributions as just that — a mere coincidence that does not “support a claim that a member’s actions are being influenced by campaign contributions.” The […]
Day: March 12, 2010
Public Integrity’s new chief
DoJ’s Public Integrity section got a new chief and the news is here. Mainjustice.com’s story is here.
Keeping earmark funding flowing
The Times reports on recent developments in earmarking here. No one was willing to predict on Thursday how that confrontation might play out. Meanwhile, defense contractors and the “K Street” lobbyists in Washington who often represent them were planning new ways of packaging their financing requests — and trying to keep the revenue coming in. […]