The Post reports on how what it calls “lobbyist bashing” is bipartisan campaign sport. In this year’s contentious midterm election campaigns, lobbying has become a very dirty word.
Day: October 7, 2010
Record ad spending
Says the Times. How many television commercials can $3 billion buy? Enough to set a record for political spending on TV ads this election cycle, which is on track to hit $3 billion by the November election, breaking the previous highs of roughly $2.7 billion in 2008 and $2.4 billion in 2006.
Treasury Inspector General to look at allegations officials used Koch data
TaxProf reports. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration announced yesterday that it would investigate whether Obama Administration officials illegally accessed and disclosed confidential taxpayer information involving Koch Industries, a prominent critic of the Obama Adminstration. The Times has a report on this today, too. Leading Republicans are suggesting that a senior official in the Obama administration may have […]