Day: June 3, 2010

Political spending $2 billion and counting

The Post looks at who’s spending what this election cycle. More than 20 major political advocacy groups plan to spend well over $400 million on campaign contributions, issue-based advertising and other election-related efforts this year, according to an informal canvas of many of Washington’s largest and most influential organizations. When added together with spending by […]

Times support of Office of Congressional Ethics

This Times editorial supports the Office of Congressional Ethics’s unprecedented move to refer a matter to the Department of Justice, among other things. Even more encouraging is the office’s investigation into whether members of the House Appropriations Committee custom tailored defense contracts worth hundreds of millions in return for generous campaign contributions. True to form, […]