Category: House

Tea Party Patriots’ Contract for America features earmark measure

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 15, 2010
Categories In House, Senate

The Times covers the release of the Contract from America by Tea Party Patriots. The document refers to earmarks.

Schumer-Van Hollen ready soon?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 13, 2010
Categories In House

Politico has the latest on when Schumer-Van Hollen might be introduced. Their goal is partly to discourage the types of previously prohibited spending legalized when the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in January ruled in favor of the conservative non-profit group Citizens United, which had argued that its free speech rights were impinged by […]

Van Hollen-Schumer, Number 2 story at The Times

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 13, 2010
Categories In House

The Times prominently covers the status of the Van Hollen-Schumer legislative response to Citizens United this morning. The White House and leading Democrats in Congress are close to proposing legislation that would force private companies and groups to disclose their behind-the-scenes financial involvement in political campaigns and advertising, officials involved in the discussions said Monday. […]