The timing of contributions, payments, and other corporate political or government relations activity relative to legislative activity often receives scrutiny. A son of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant by MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years the senator supported legislation that was […]
Author: Eric Brown
Gustav and the Convention
Roll Call has this update on Hurricane Gustav’s impact on convention events.
All in the Family
This story covers the lobbyist son of Joseph Biden. Section 214 of HLOGA provides: It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the use of a family relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is inappropriate… Section 521 also […]