Roll Call offers this on lobbyist Hunter Biden’s donation activity. Hunter Biden and a colleague of his at Oldaker, Biden & Belair did not return phone calls or e-mails seeking comment about whether Hunter Biden plans to disengage from his firm during the campaign. Obama-Biden spokesman David Wade did not provide a comment by press […]
Category: LDA
Is Timing Everything?
The timing of contributions, payments, and other corporate political or government relations activity relative to legislative activity often receives scrutiny. A son of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant by MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years the senator supported legislation that was […]
All in the Family
This story covers the lobbyist son of Joseph Biden. Section 214 of HLOGA provides: It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the use of a family relationship by a lobbyist who is an immediate family member of a Member of Congress to gain special advantages over other lobbyists is inappropriate… Section 521 also […]