DEAR EDITOR: DEFENSE OF LOBBYISTS ON GOVERNMENT BOARDS. The Post. “I don’t drive a Porsche, and I have never contributed to a political campaign or paid for a lawmaker’s golf junket. After 30 years in Washington, I still confuse the various House and Senate buildings. Yet on the theory that my insight is somehow corrupting, […]
Category: LDA
Mon. political law links (9/24)
NEW LDA ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ANNOUNCED. InsidePoliticalLaw.com. “The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia today announced two new civil enforcement actions against lobbying firms for failure to file required federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (“LDA”) reports.” SEN. CORNYN ON CFR. Roll Call. “It’s rare for a Republican leader to express a ‘transparency’ or ‘accountability’-based argument […]
Good morning, here are today’s political law links (9/20)
USE OF TITLES ISSUE. The Post. “Officially, members can’t use their position for private fundraising, but ethics watchdogs were typically okay with the practice as long as it was clear that it was Joe Politician-the-man, not Joe Politician-the-official who was invoked.” LEVERS OF POWER. The Times. “Every president lives at the intersection of policy and […]