Politico examines PAC spending here. With few rules or norms for PAC spending, a Center for Public Integrity analysis of more than 5,200 PACs shows a wildly disparate — and in some cases troubling — range of spending habits. Paul Ryan of the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center calls donating to PACs a “contributor beware” proposition.
Month: October 2010
Issues for female lobbyists
The Hill explains. Several Republican House members maintain strict standards about meetings and meals with female lobbyists and staffers and say they have been especially careful in the wake of a string of sex scandals over the last few years involving politicians on both sides of the aisle.
Former members becoming lobbyists
The Hill reports on the career prospects for ousted Members of Congress.