Lee Drutman and Bruce Cain have posted this draft on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: We ask whether the 2007 Honest Leadership and Open Government Act lobbying regulations had the desired impact. We also develop and test a theory of… Continue reading

Isikoff: “The political conventions have always been open season for big money influence peddling. But this year, ever-creative Washington lobbyists have devised a nifty new technique to bypass pesky ethics rules that were supposed to bar them from throwing… Continue reading

Roll Call reports.

The Daily Caller reports. (h/t Eric Brown)

This item appears at WaPo’s WONKBlog.

WaPo: It was supposed to be a first step toward tax reform. But as lawmakers tackled a list of 75 special-interest tax breaks, the special interests repeatedly won. An accelerated write-off for owners of NASCAR tracks: That has… Continue reading

Caribou Coffee across from the White House and private email addresses make a comeback.