The Times examines the next steps for financial regulatory reform and lobbyists’ attention. Interest groups have been preparing for months. When the Consumer Bankers Association convened its annual meeting in early June, there was still plenty of time to lobby Congress. But the group’s president, Richard Hunt, told his board that the group should shift […]
Month: June 2010
Summer heat wilts DISCLOSE momentum
The Hill reports on the prospects for the DISCLOSE Act’s consideration in the Senate. Advocates say Reid wants to bypass the committee process and bring the bill directly to the floor in the hopes of quicker passage. But the required 60 votes have yet to materialize. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) have […]
Why did the Department of Justice drop the Black Panther Party case?
That’s what former DOJ attorney J. Christian Adams asks in this Washington Times piece. The New Black Panther case was the simplest and most obvious violation of federal law I saw in my Justice Department career. Because of the corrupt nature of the dismissal, statements falsely characterizing the case and, most of all, indefensible orders […]