Category: LDA

Secretary of Labor nominee Hilda Solis is facing questions on her affiliation with American Rights at Work, a group promoting unions, according to this report. In the written exchange, Republican senators asked if that would run afoul of Obama’s new ethics policy. Obama has announced that appointees who lobbied on an issue must steer clear […]

Norm Ornstein mentions Robert Kaiser’s new book in his piece here. Many of these lobbyists and consultants are my friends; most are very honorable people, but all–including Tom Daschle, a man of real integrity and strong basic values–are caught up in a system that is becoming more difficult to keep on the straight and narrow.

Tom Daschle’s role as an Alston & Bird policy adviser is examined in this Time article. While working at Alston, Daschle never technically lobbied anyone, even though he worked for a lobbying firm, made money from lobbying clients and become business partners of those investing in heavily regulated industries. He was able to skate through […]