The Post notes that Sec. of Transportation-designee LaHood appears to have secured earmarks and notes President-elect Obama’s position on the earmarking. LaHood’s record poses an important question as hearings begin today that will explore how he would administer part of a $775 billion stimulus package that will be directed to the Transportation Department. LaHood has […]
Category: Executive Branch
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 […]