The Times reports on the troubles facing Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs employs perhaps the country’s most well-connected stable of Washington lobbyists, and it spent $2.8 million last year to bend the ear of federal officials and lawmakers. But the pounding the investment firm has taken in recent days has left it sidelined — at least […]
Month: April 2010
Facebook’s open graph and the Hill and technology
The Hill notes Sen. Schumer’s interest in Facebook’s open graph here. The changes, which Schumer discovered through his daughter, prompted the New York Democrat to ask the Federal Trade Commission to issue guidelines on social network privacy. And it moved three other Senate Democrats — Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska), Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) […]
Schumer-Van Hollen announcement news today
Politico reports that a legislative response to Citizens United will be introduced today and Rep. Walter Jones (Repub.) has indicated he will co-sponsor the bill. The specific language of the bills is eagerly awaited by advocates of reducing the role of money in elections, some of whom have complained that the vague legislative blueprints made […]