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Pelosi steps back on lobbyist reform
Less than one year ago, the Democratic majority in Congress noisily enacted widely heralded ethics reforms requiring significantly increased disclosure by lobbyists of the money spent in the care and feeding of senators and representatives. Now we learn that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, has approved new administrative guidelines relaxing the heart of the reforms — the requirement that the influence-peddlers make public their political contributions and event sponsorships.
Pelosi's two cons of a kind
Less than a year ago, the Democratic majority in Congress noisily enacted widely heralded ethics reforms requiring significantly increased disclosure by lobbyists of the money spent ib tge care abd feeding of senators and representatives. Now we learn that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, has approved new administrative guidelines relaxing the heart of the reforms - the requirement that the influence peddlers make public their political contributions and event sponsorships.
Court tosses White House appeal on visitor logs
A federal appeals court on Friday set back the White House's efforts to keep the names of its visitors secret.  McCain on the defensive about spendingJohn McCain squinted in the midday sunshine as he crossed the meandering Alabama River aboard the Gee's Bend ferry, smiling at a dozen elderly black women who clasped his hands and crooned gospel hymns.
House rejects Michigan casino bills
The House soundly defeated a plan Wednesday that would have advanced two proposed Indian casinos in Michigan, as gambling opponents and interests protecting Detroit's casinos rallied to scuttle the bill.
Abramoff's ex-partner gets prison sentence halved
The ex-partner of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in an ill-fated Florida casino boat venture saw his prison sentence for fraud cut in half Wednesday for cooperating with investigators. |
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