Category: House

Huge House Ethics report on fundraising timing and more in this morning’s AM political law news

HOUSE ETHICS REPORT ON REPS. CROWLEY, PRICE, AND CAMPBELL. A House Ethics Committee statement and the report are available here.  The Hill reports:  “The panel ran up against a Jan. 30 deadline and decided to take no further action. Instead, it published a final Ethic[s] Committee staff report that found that each lawmaker’s fundraising ‘raised […]

Earmarks, lobbyists, and Sanchez moves all in today’s morning political law news

SANCHEZ ON ETHICS. Roll Call reports on some moves on the House Ethics Committee.   The committee’s website isn’t too informative  in terms of listing the Democrats, as of the time of this writing. TAUZIN MOVES. Billy Tauzin might be joining Alston & Bird. SOTU ON LOBBYISTS. President Obama mentioned lobbyists last night. Because you deserve […]

OPA, public financing, CU, and my 3 year blog-iversary in today’s AM report.

BUSH OFFICE OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND THE RNC IN THE NEWS. The Times reports that the Office of Special Counsel released a report critical of President Bush’s Office of Political Affairs.   “The report by the Office of Special Counsel finds that the Bush administration’s Office of Political Affairs — overseen by Karl Rove — served […]