One would hope that an individual who has served as attorney general and as the chief law enforcement officer of the United States would not make his next move to being a paid lobbyist attempting to influence government opinion. |
seriously undermine the effort to close the soft-money loophole for 527 groups which resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in unlimited soft money being spent to influence the 2004 federal elections. |
Thanks to a loophole in the Congressional ethics rules and to a feckless FEC misinterpreting the law, the American people will be treated to two influence-money spectacles at the national conventions, |
Thanks to a loophole in the Congressional ethics rules and to a feckless FEC misinterpreting the law, the American people will be treated to two influence-money spectacles at the national conventions. |
That doesn't mean there are no efforts to influence the minority parties, but the principal efforts almost always involve the party in power, the party or the individuals from that party who can deliver results. |
The American people are looking for strong medicine to solve very serious problems they see in the way Washington works and the way lobbyists function in Congress. ... Now is the time to act. |
The battle goes on. There's a very powerful case to establish that these ads were about defeating Sen. Feingold, not lobbying him. |
The solution here is to require members to pay the full market value of the ride. |
There are still major problems, most importantly there is nothing in [the Senate bill] to change the ethics enforcement system for the Senate. |
There certainly are very serious questions about whether he has any interest in lobbying reform or any other reforms. |
These are among the most insidious forms of buying influence. |
They took an already unacceptable bill and turned it into a charade. |
This bill is not going to cut it and it's not going to fool the public. The Senate was looking inward today. |
This bill is nothing to write home about. Certainly it is not an appropriate response to the concerns of the American people about the corruption and lobbying scandals in Washington. |
This is a case where the fine print really makes a difference. |