Day: March 17, 2010

Keeping California lawmakers’ travel secret

This AP report discusses why California lawmakers’ travel is being kept off the public record.  (Via Alan Silberberg.) California lawmakers charged taxpayers for airfare totaling $2 million over a recent 2 1/2-year period, but the Legislature, citing security concerns, won’t disclose the destinations or produce proof that all the trips were for official state business.

Laying down the rules on the House Republican earmark ban

Roll Call has the latest on a guidance document on the House Republican earmark ban. The four-page memo, obtained by Roll Call, reiterated that the moratorium affects all earmarks — including those that are tariff-and tax-related — as well as those made for defense, transportation and other authorizing bills. Senate Republicans are still considering their […]