Get the Popcorn
Jack Abramoff sits down for a video interview with Eliza Newlin Carney.
Category Archives: legislation and legislatures
“Obama Should Force Recess Appointment Fight”
Norm Ornstein has written this column for Roll Call. It concludes:
If that is the case, and if I were the president, I would think about one other area to employ the same recess appointment strategy: Make five recess appointments… Continue reading
New CRS Report on Presidential Signing Statements
More on SOTU and Lobbying Reform
“Ex-Gingrich Adviser Now Trying to Close Lobbying Loopholes”
Roll Call: “The lawyer who a decade ago advised Newt Gingrich on how to engage in advocacy without officially becoming a ‘lobbyist’ is now working to close the loopholes that enable the former Speaker and other Members to avoid… Continue reading
Taking Lobbyists Out of the Campaign Finance Bundling Business
In tonight’s State of the Union speech, President Obama said: “Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa – an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington.”
I… Continue reading
Gingrich Not a Lobbyist But Reported to a Lobbyist at Freddie Mac
WaPo reports.
“Earmarking Earmarking”
Mariano-Florentino Cuellar has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
In legislation, to earmark means roughly to designate (through a statutory provision or an accompanying committee report) certain appropriated funds for narrow (nearly always geographically-delimited) purposes that appear… Continue reading
Must Read Ryan Lizza New Yorker Piece
“Lobbyist Helps a Project He Financed in Congress”
Must-read Eric Lichtblau piece in the NY Times.
“Either/Or: Professors Zephyr Rain Teachout and Akhil Reed Amar – Contradictions and Reconciliation”
Seth Barrett Tillman has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Foreign Emoluments Clauseis a constitutional backwater. So much so, that there is no substantial discussion of this clause in any federal adjudication (although the Office of… Continue reading
Cert. Denied in Renzi Case Raising Speech or Debate Clause Issue
AP reports. This is a surprise. I and other observers had predicted a cert. grant. There were no noted dissents.
“Donors Gave as Santorum Won Earmarks”
The NY Times offers this front-page report.
Mitt Romney’s K Street Army
Must-read Tom Edsall column at NYT’s “Campaign Stops.”