With Freddie Mac in the news, some are asking what their PAC and others got for their money. Together, the two mortgage buyers spent nearly $200 million on lobbying and campaign contributions over the last two decades, throwing their weight around more like corporations than the government-sponsored enterprises they were. And when Fannie and Freddie […]
Author: Eric Brown
NAM v. Taylor Update
NAM’s website has the latest on the lawsuit challenging a provision of HLOGA. On February 6, 2008, the NAM filed suit to declare unconstitutional a provision of the Lobbying Disclosure Act that requires the disclosure of members of the association that actively participate in lobbying activities. The provision, Section 207 of the Honest Leadership and […]
New Accountant for Rangel
AP covers Rep. Rangel’s financial disclosure and related issues. A new set of potential problems in Rep. Charles Rangel’s financial papers has prompted the tax-writing lawmaker to hire a forensic accounting expert to try to unravel the mess.Rangel, chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, is already the subject of ethics committee investigations […]