Month: March 2010

Recess appointments included former lobbyists

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2010
Categories In LDA

The status of former lobbyists in the Obama administration is the topic of this Washington Examiner report.

The impact of Citizens United on Massachusetts

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2010
Categories In Mass.

How does Citizens United impact state law? Here’s a story on what’s happening in Massachusetts. Massachusetts law has limited corporate influence on elections since 1907, but under a change issued last month by the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance, corporations are free to spend funds expressly advocating the election or defeat of candidates […]

Intended acceleration of Toyota lobbying payments

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 31, 2010
Categories In LDA

The Post reports on Toyota’s latest lobbying disclosure figure here. The company, part of the world’s largest automaker, spent more in the fourth quarter than the $1.25 million it allotted to lobbying in the same quarter of 2008. It was also more than the $1.2 million Toyota spent on lobbying during the third quarter of […]