That sound you hear coming from Washington is the sound of every lawyer and lobbyist strapping on his or her battle gear and heading for the war zone. Today President Obama signs the financial industry’s nightmare into law.
WASHINGTON — Jolted by a sudden tightening of the rules, lobbyists and military contractors who have long relied on lucrative earmarks from Congress were scrambling Thursday to find new ways to keep the federal money flowing.
I would guess that Baucus takes the money because he’s supposed to take it. It makes him a major player in Washington, someone whose boots the lobbyists have to lick. It probably flatters him to have all these rich folks plying him for …
Judging by Terry McAuliffe’s poll numbers in Virginia, money may not actually be everything in politics, Todd Beeton writes at MyDD. Also, the free ride for conservative Christians is now over now that secular liberals seem emboldened …
Campaign finance reformers are pushing a proposal to ban lobbyists from making campaign contributions.
