The Hill covers new HLOGA rules and convention events. New ethics rules passed in 2007 bar corporate-sponsored parties honoring individual members of Congress, and corporations and lobbyists are on high alert not to violate them.
Category: HLOGA
Lobbyist Biden News
Roll Call offers this on lobbyist Hunter Biden’s donation activity. Hunter Biden and a colleague of his at Oldaker, Biden & Belair did not return phone calls or e-mails seeking comment about whether Hunter Biden plans to disengage from his firm during the campaign. Obama-Biden spokesman David Wade did not provide a comment by press […]
Is Timing Everything?
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 […]