Today’s Post has three letters to the editor on the DISCLOSE Act, one from Brad Smith and another from the NRA’s Chris Cox.
Day: June 19, 2010
Summer resort retreats for donors, lawmakers, and senior staff
The Post reports on events at resorts where lawmakers, donors, and government staff meet. Although the practice of inviting supporters to a retreat — and giving them access to senior staff members — is new for the governor of Virginia, other politicians regularly hold such events.
Oil and has industry PAC and employee contributions in the news
The Times examines political contributions from gas and oil industry PAC and employees in this article this morning. For the last decade, the oil industry has been one of the most powerful lobbying constituencies in Washington. It has spent nearly a billion dollars on federal lobbying since 1998, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, […]