Month: June 2010

Locked, loaded, and read to lobby in Texas

Here’s an interesting story from Texas on lobbyists who prefer not to wait in long lines for entrance to the state Capitol building.  Maybe it would work in DC? To avoid getting delayed behind noisy schoolkids waiting in line to pass through new metal detectors at the state Capitol, lobbyists are signing up for concealed […]

Romanoff/Sestak issues in the news

The Post reports on new developments regarding the White House’s contact with Andrew Romanoff. But Romanoff’s statement raises questions about whether the White House accurately described its conversations with him, and whether dangling three potential positions is tantamount to a job offer. The Denver Post first reported last September about a possible job offer to Romanoff […]

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 […]