The Times reports on who’s lobbying for financial services firms here. The revolving door is an oft-noticed phenomenon here, but in recent years, the migration from Congress to the financial services firms that are trying to stave off greater federal regulation has become more pronounced.
Day: April 13, 2010
Schumer-Van Hollen ready soon?
Politico has the latest on when Schumer-Van Hollen might be introduced. Their goal is partly to discourage the types of previously prohibited spending legalized when the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in January ruled in favor of the conservative non-profit group Citizens United, which had argued that its free speech rights were impinged by […]
Why doesn’t the White House Blog allow comments?
In the aftermath of the excitement generated by news of a new law blog at The White House (Volokh had the news here but it was an April Fool’s prank), some wondered if the new blog would allow comments. Which got me thinking about why The White House Blog doesn’t allow public comments (moderated or […]