The Atlanta Journal-Constitution discusses a fundraiser held the day before the vote on financial regulatory reform. What Price and the seven other members of Congress now under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics have in common is they all belong either to the House Financial Services Committee or other committees that were involved with […]
Month: June 2010
Do you know where the speaker of your state house is? Probably Maryland
The Post notes that the 2010 National Speakers Conference is holding its annual event in beautiful Maryland. And the bills for it will be paid by a few dozen local and national corporations, almost all of which have business before legislatures in Maryland and other states.
Nonprofit’s connection to founder’s business questioned
The Times questions Richard Berman’s nonprofit organizations and business interests in this article this morning. Specialists in tax law say that Mr. Berman has taken the tactic a step further because his organizations barely exist separate from his firm. In many years, payments by the nonprofits to the firm for services that include staff work, […]