Some staff at “C Street” apparently have issues with President Obama’s appointment of a number of campaign donors and bundlers to ambassadorships, according to this report.
Department of Transportation nominee Susan Kurland was a lobbyist on transportation issues, according to Under the Influence. No word on a waiver, yet.
This Times editorial mentions Sen. Inouye’s contact with a bank. Not just any bank. The Senator owns hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock in the bank. After the call, the bank got $135 million in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, according to the editorial. Like so much of the recession challenge, lawmakers’ lobbying for […]