The Post’s “Reliable Source” feature mentions some of the complications of Members of Congress who date. The tricky part about dating a congresswoman? On a trip to Ireland last year, “he paid for the hotel rooms. That, technically, was a gift, and we had to get special permission” from ethics overseers. Wow. What about, theoretically […]
According to this report, a lobbyist was removed from the pool of potential jurors in the Ted Stevens trial. Those dismissed included a lobbyist with Republican ties who said he thought that he’d met Stevens before and he was worried that his political ties would make it difficult to overcome his bias in favor of […]
Yesterday the Federal Election Commission held a hearing and tackled a bundle of issues related to HLOGA’s provision requiring reporting of certain lobbyist-bundled contributions. The commission, which enforces campaign finance law, held a final hearing on how to implement a new requirement that all federal candidates, parties and political committees report any registered lobbyists or […]