Sen. Grassley has called for an investigation into a Treasury Department rule change, according to The Post. The controversy revolves around a five-sentence notice issued by the Treasury on Sept. 30, as Congress was absorbed in the Bush administration’s request for a $700 billion bailout of the banking industry. The provision, known as Section 382 […]
Category: Executive Branch
Transition Cash “Quandary”
The transition’s “cash quandary” is the topic of this WSJ report. One challenge is figuring out how to raise the millions of dollars needed without violating Mr. Obama’s campaign rhetoric against lobbyists and special interests. Federal rules allow Mr. Obama to use $9.74 million in taxpayer money to pay for the costs of operating a […]
Transitions
A new administration must, before inauguration, pay attention to every legal detail regarding staffing the transition, the funding and logistics of the candidate’s move to Washington, if necessary, the inauguration, and, of course, merely settling in to run the federal government and implement policies. But wait… there’s a government website. According to this report, the […]