Politico: “Rep. Dennis Cardoza entered into serious negotiations for his new job with a California law firm two weeks before his sudden resignation from Congress, POLITICO has learned. Cardoza, who Tuesday said he was quitting Congress, filed paperwork with the House Ethics Committee on July 30 saying he was talking with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. As of Wednesday morning, he was listed on Manatt’s website as a managing director in the firm’s public policy practice. (The listing was subsequently removed from the site.)”