Starting today (April 21), CEOs had better start paying more attention to how they conduct and report their lobbying efforts. Big-time failure to do so could result in fines up to $200,000 and five years in prison. Taking effect is the grandly-titled Honest Leadership and Open Government...
WASHINGTON AP -- The Justice Department on Wednesday recommended a dramatic reduction in the prison sentence of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who became the key witness against lawmakers and congressional aides he spent years corrupting. Prosecutors asked federal judges in Washington and Florida to shave years of...
I have just returned from a five-month sabbatical in the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. For a time, I shared office space with Reid's health policy adviser where a knock on the door signaling a visit by a lobbyist was a daily occurrence....
Udall gaining [emi7 Democrat Mark Udall is starting to gain a strong lead over Republican Bob Schaffer in what was a neck-and-neck race for Colorado's open U.S. Senate seat. A Rasmussen Reports poll released Thursday showed the Eldorado Springs congressman up...
WASHINGTON -- Convicted superlobbyist Jack Abramoff influenced White House actions while his firm wooed administration officials over expensive meals and plied them with box tickets to sporting events, according to a House of Representatives committee report released Monday. The House Committee on Oversight...
WASHINGTON -- So much for trimming the pork. The practice of decorating legislation with billions of dollars in pet projects and federal contracts is still thriving on Capitol Hill -- despite public outrage that helped flip control of Congress two years ago. ...
DENVER - Groups backing Colorado's U.S. Senate candidates seem to have taken to heart the lessons of the most recent contest for governor: hit 'em early and hit 'em hard. Republican Bob Beauprez's campaign never recovered after he ran into a buzz...
Dark Horse: A Political Thriller by Ralph Reed Howard Books, 445 pp. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They are male and female, liberal and conservative, Democrat and Republican, legislator and executive, insider and publicity hound. They are Boxer and Gingrich, Libby and Clarke, Carter and...
WASHINGTON -- A former senior Justice Department official admitted Tuesday that he did favors for clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff while accepting free meals at upscale Washington restaurants and luxury-suite tickets to sports games paid for by Abramoff's former firm. In court papers, Robert E. Coughlin...
WASHINGTON AP -- The Justice Department lost one of its own to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal Tuesday as a former high-ranking department attorney pleaded guilty to conflict of interest. Robert E. Coughlin II admitted in federal court in Washington that he accepted meals, concert tickets and...
WASHINGTON -- A former high-ranking Justice Department official was accused Monday of criminal conflict of interest in the latest case stemming from the investigation of disgraced GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Robert Coughlin was deputy chief of staff of the Justice Department's criminal division -- the same division...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BETWEEN mid-2005 and mid-2007, God loved the Democrats, tossing them treat after treat in rapid succession. Hurricane Katrina, the Iraqi implosion, the Scooter Libby conviction, and of course scandal upon riotous scandal: Jack Abramoff, Duke Cunningham, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, Larry Craig. Then, as 2008 approached,...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Democracy is founded on the principle that the moral authority of government derives from the consent of the governed. That consent is not particularly meaningful, however, unless it is informed. When government makes decisions in secret, opportunity for corruption increases and government's accountability to the people...
As House lawmakers wrestled with the need to beef up ethics enforcement, one congresswoman blurted out a rhetorical question that showed how clueless she and her colleagues can be on the issue. "What makes people think that six people chosen at random would have more ethics, more intelligence, more judgment...
WASHINGTON -- The following is a statement by CREW: Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW and Media Matters for America sent a letter to CNN's U.S. President Jonathan Klein, asking that former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed, a proven liar with a deep bias against...
SACRAMENTO -- Rep. John Doolittle's decision to retire promises a Republican primary fight between political veterans and novices eager to take one of the few wide-open congressional races in California this year. While Doolittle narrowly fended off a Democratic challenge in 2006, analysts expect an easier...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Luis Miranda of the Democratic National Committee, +1-202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Maybe it was thestrain of doing three debates in five days, or the pressure offacing a second must-win primary in a week, but last night JohnMcCain took his "do anything to win"...
WASHINGTON AP -- Republican Rep. John Doolittle of California, who is under investigation in a congressional lobbying scandal, said Thursday that he'll retire from Congress at the end of his current term. The development comes as Doolittle, in his ninth term, faced growing political pressure from fellow...
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Senator Conrad Burns ret, +1-202-393-4262 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department ofJustice Public Integrity Section has notified Ralph Caccia, counselfor Senator Conrad Burns (ret.), that it has concluded itsinvestigation of Burns relating to Jack Abramoff. Senator Burnssaid, I am pleased that after a complete...
Belly up to the bar Spending on pork continues under Democrats Just one year ago, surfing on the wave of moral indignation they rode to majority status in Congress, Democrats were berating Republicans for their fiscally irresponsible ways. The tongue- lashing was...
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