Peter Orszag weighs-in twice today on earmark reform on OMB Blog here and here. Earmarks.gov was also updated recently.
Category: Senate
Progress report on promise of earmark database
The Hill reports on the prospects for EarmarkData.org here.
Update on Sen. Ensign matter
Politico reports on the latest developments regarding Sen. Ensign. Even as the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Sen. John Ensign continues to heat up, the Senate Ethics Committee shows no sign of shutting down its own investigation into the fallout from the Nevada Republican’s extramarital affair with a onetime staffer.