Month: April 2010

Corker withdraws earmark requests

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2010
Categories In Senate

Politico reports that Sen. Corker withdrew all his earmark requests. The Senator’s statement is here.

Tea Party Patriots’ Contract for America features earmark measure

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

The Times covers the release of the Contract from America by Tea Party Patriots. The document refers to earmarks.

Will Citizens United land Kagan on the Court?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2010
Categories In Courts & Cases

The Times covers the latest news on the search for Justice Stevens’s replacement here this morning. Mr. Obama said he would appoint a justice who “knows that in a democracy, powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ordinary citizens.” But Ms. Kagan did not press that point in the Supreme […]