Category Archives: conflict of interest laws
“How ‘political intelligence’ can come from Congress itself”
Jon Stewart Skewers Congress for Decimating STOCK Act
Watch (NSFW).
“How Congress Quietly Overhauled Its Insider-Trading Law”
NPR:
To understand how the law changed, I asked Holman to meet me in the basement of the Cannon House Office Building.
“This is where the public records are kept, for those who can handle traveling to Washington, D.C.,”… Continue reading
“Bill to prevent online posting of disclosure forms passes Congress”
WaPo:
The Senate on Thursday and the House on Friday passed on short-cut procedures a bill that indefinitely delays, and effectively repeals, a controversial provision of the Stock (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act enacted a year ago. That law… Continue reading
“New documents raise more questions about financing of McDonnell’s daughter’s wedding”
“Government Report Examines Political Intelligence, But Questions Remain”
“Donor Says He Sought Menendez on Medicare Without Breaking Law”
Bloomberg: “Salomon Melgen, the Florida political donor at the center of a criminal probe, said he and Senator Robert Menendez are ‘like brothers’ who spoke weekly, yet his companies never benefited and he broke no laws.”
“Judge Rules Privacy of Federal Employees Violated by STOCK Act”
Bloomberg BNA breaking news: “The privacy rights of thousands of high-level federal employees could be violated if a provision of the STOCK Act requiring online disclosure of the employees’ financial information goes into effect, a federal judge said in a… Continue reading
“Corporations, pro-business nonprofits foot bill for judicial seminars; George Mason University top host of events”
Extensive CPI report begins:
Conservative foundations, multinational oil companies and a prescription drug maker were the most frequent sponsors of more than 100 expense-paid educational seminars attended by federal judges over a 4 1/2-year period, according to a Center for… Continue reading
“Menendez donor reveals lobbying effort — four years late”
Politico:
A company controlled by the Democratic donor in the middle of the Robert Menendez controversy this week revealed that it spent as much as $60,000 on previously undisclosed lobbying.
Salomon Melgen, a wealthy South Florida ophthalmologist and investor,… Continue reading
“Ethics reform now includes incumbent-protection provision”
News from Georgia.
“House Ethics Panel Finds Cause to Investigate 2 Lawmakers”
NYT: “The House Ethics Committee has found credible evidence that two lawmakers — a Republican from Alaska and a Democrat from New Jersey — improperly used campaign money for personal expenses, among other abuses.”
“Lawmakers add relatives to campaign payrolls”
USA Today: “Thirty-two members of Congress dispensed more than $2 million in campaign funds to pay relatives’ salaries during the 2012 election cycle, a USA TODAY analysis of the most recent campaign records shows.”