Category: Senate

Electronic Filing

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 9, 2009
Categories In Senate

How will a bill (S. 482) requiring that Senate campaigns file their reports electronically do this year? The Times endorses the measure in this editorial.

8,500 Earmarks

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 3, 2009
Categories In Senate

The Senate rejected Sen. McCain’s attempt to remove about 8,500 earmarks from a spending bill, according to this report. The White House has said that Obama intends to sign the legislation, casting it as leftover business from 2008. Spokesman Robert Gibbs pledged on Monday the White House will issue new guidelines covering earmarks for future […]

“Tougher Political Corruption Law”

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 2, 2009
Categories In Senate

The Times endorses a “tougher political corruption law” in this editorial. The goal of the Senate bill from Patrick Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, and John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, is to have sharper eyes follow the public money. Even with the Abramoff scandal, corruption prosecutions fell an estimated 14 percent during the Bush administration. The […]