A reminder from the House: The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, requires those who have registered as lobbyists to file quarterly activity reports with the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Secretary of the U.S. Senate. The third quarterly report […]
Breaking news late today in the Stevens trial: a hearing on defendant’s motion for a mistrial. First Judge Sullivan brought up integrity. “How can the court have confidence that the Public Integrity Section has integrity?” he said, referring to the division at the Department of Justice charged with prosecuting this case. Then lead prosecutor Brenda Morris practically […]
The recent financial crises has broken up the Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae lobbying shops, according to this report. Before they were taken over by the government, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spent millions of dollars a year on internal and outside lobbyists to keep politicians at bay, countering legislative efforts to regulate them more […]