K Street Files: Obama Taking Lobbyists’ Cash?
President Barack Obama has made a habit of calling out special interests and railing on lobbyists, but according to recently filed Senate lobbying disclosure reports, it appears that Obama gained from
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President Barack Obama has made a habit of calling out special interests and railing on lobbyists, but according to recently filed Senate lobbying disclosure reports, it appears that Obama gained from
This week is set to be a busy one for the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” campaign program.
Meanwhile, in Tennessee’s safely Republican 3rd district, fourth-quarter reports show that six-way race to replace Rep.
and Ingram all face a one-year ban from lobbying the Senate because their individual salaries were more than 75 percent of the Members’ they worked for, according to LegiStorm, a Web site that tracks Congressional
Members under scrutiny by the Office of Congressional Ethics have been highly critical of its investigators, and some privately acknowledge urging fellow lawmakers to shun the office in favor of the House
Eight months after the deadline for filing their financial disclosure forms, Members of Congress are continuing to file amendments to the reports, in some cases raising more questions than the amendments
House Democratic leaders have provided added logistical and financial aid had an average of $800,000 in their campaign accounts as the election year began, according to a Roll Call analysis of updated reports
Updated: 7:03 p.m.The House ethics committee on Thursday characterized as “inadequate— an Office of Congressional Ethics investigation that prompted a review of allegations involving Rep.
Green also said PCCC — named to sound like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — vets applicants to determine who will be recommended to their forthcoming list of candidates they have endorsed
Reports covering the 109th and 108th sessions, respectively, cite the same or even fewer Member-focused “fact-finding— reviews.
In separate filings to the IRS and the Office of Congressional Ethics, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington raised questions about the Indiana-based Frontier Foundation.
With less than two weeks to go before the Feb. 2 Illinois primaries, candidates were required to file pre-primary fundraising reports with the Federal Election Commission on Friday, indicating a strong
In its first year of operations in 2009, the Office of Congressional Ethics, tasked with reviewing potential rules violations and recommending investigations to the chamber’s ethics committee, reported
Some lobbyists, however, note that dealing with the committee is markedly different than other Congressional panels, saying it is less partisan and more policy-oriented.
The Office of Congressional Ethics forwarded 12 ethics investigations to the House during the past 12 months, including three reviews in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a report released by the
That cycle, when Republicans were in the majority, the National Republican Congressional Committee spent more than $83.5 million on independent expenditures compared with $64.1 million in spending
Although a number of Republicans — including National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz.) — demanded he resign as leader, Reid’s concern
Previously, Genco worked on the Homeland Security Committee, where she was also the Republican press secretary.
The Democratic National Committee is directing $500,000 in in-kind contributions to the Coakley campaign and the state Democratic Party, while the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has spent
Congressional Democrats are looking to minimize the GOP’s opportunities to trip up health care reform legislation by scrapping a formal conference committee and settling their differences informally among