The Hill reports on the prospects of Senate earmark reform. Senate Republicans this week will discuss adopting a one-year moratorium on earmarks, but critics expect the Senate leaders to take a softer stance on the practice of sending federal money to individual districts than did House GOP leaders.
Day: March 16, 2010
Lobbying firm KSA Consulting goes dark
Roll Call reports that lobbing firm KSA Consulting has apparently closed. A lobbying firm with close ties to the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) — and a central player in some of the most questionable earmarks sponsored by Murtha — appears to have closed its doors.