We’ve got the framework for the Schumer-Van Hollen response legislation to Citizens United. Will we see legislative text this week? I think that would be what Sen. Schumer said when he announced the project.
Category: Senate
Popularity of “gifts to honor members”
Roll Call reports on the popularity of gifts to honors Members of Congress here.
Senate rules and staffer books
If The Post’s Reliable Source column is going to cite a Senate rule, you know I’ll catch it. Today the column cites Rule 37’s prohibition on profiting from a Senate job in a story about Kathleen Rooney’s book, For You, For You I am Trilling These Songs. Rooney was a staffer for Sen. Durbin.