Month: March 2010

Times hits pension fund pay to play culture

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 13, 2010
Categories In New York

In this editorial The Times hits New York’s pension fund pay to play culture.

Public corruption in East Chicago

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 13, 2010
Categories In Illinois

Here’s a report about a city government adjudged a corrupt organization under racketeering laws. The federal racketeering suit filed by the state in 2004 alleged Mr. Pastrick and others ran the city as a “corrupt enterprise” and spent $24 million in public money on private driveways, patios and walkways to court voters in the 1999 […]

Earmark moratorium language

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 12, 2010
Categories In House

The House Republicans’ earmark moratorium is below and the House Rules are available here.