Month: March 2010

K Street hiring trends

Roll Call reports that lobbying firms are putting Republican resumes at the top of the pile. With dozens of House seats ripe for the GOP’s picking in November, lobbyists are prepping for narrower Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill next year — or perhaps even a Republican takeover.

Finding issues with Rep. Rangel’s “admonishment”

Is “admonishment” appropriate under House rules?  That’s the topic of this Roll Call report. “The House committee has availed itself notably in the Rangel matter and previously in the [then-Rep. Tom] DeLay [R- Texas] matter of the opportunity to admonish Members, even though strictly speaking the rules don’t give them that authority,” said Rob Walker, […]