YouTube announced that it created a House and Senate hub for officeholder videos. The change to House and Senate rules required to allow the creation of these hubs was noted in this October 2008 article. The House Rules Committee approved the change for the House of Representatives on Thursday, while the Senate Rules and Administration […]
Author: Eric Brown
Ban on Inaugural Ticket Sales
S. 60, Sen. Feinstein’s ban on the sale of inaugural tickets, apparently passed the Senate today. The bill is available here and with two exceptions, bans the sale of tickets for the swearing-in. The bill would make it illegal for any person to (1) . . . knowingly and willfully sell for money or property, or […]
Groundhog Day: Lobbyist to Join Administration
President-elect Obama has named another lobbyist to join his administration, according to this report. William Corr, whose name Mr. Obama put forward this morning to be deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, was, until September 2008, a federal lobbyist with the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids… … “I have done more […]