Category: House

Earmarks “hard to suppress”

The Times reports on how companies are dealing with congressional earmark policies. Adopted because of repeated scandals over wasteful spending — the bridges to nowhere and expensive pet projects like a water-taxi service — the ban was intended to help eliminate earmark abuses. Critics say spending on earmarks, which added $16 billion to the federal […]

Pelosi interviewed in Massa ethics case

Politico reports that Speaker of the House Pelosi was interviewed in the ethics matter involving former Rep. Eric Massa. It’s not clear if the ethics investigation will reveal anything new about Massa or whether it will implicate any other lawmakers or congressional staff members, but Republicans have been pushing the committee to probe exactly when […]