Day: May 18, 2010

Lobbyists organizing to defend earmarking

The Hill reports that lobbyists are organizing to defend earmarking. “A group of firms have been meeting to identify the best way to raise awareness of the very real value of earmarking, and to provide some balance to what has been, to date, a largely one-sided debate,” Bill Ferguson, CEO of the Ferguson Group, said […]

Senators against secret holds with… secret holds

The Hill has the latest on moves to reform secret holds in the Senate. Feingold is blocking the appointment of Federal Election Commission nominee John Sullivan out of concern that the commission’s two other vacancies are still unfilled, as well as a bill by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to crack down on gang violence. Feingold […]