His name keeps coming up all the time in all the meetings I'm going to. His name keeps coming all the time, so I presume he's very active working with the senators.
What he's doing here is frankly astonishing. This kind of coordination is obviously an attempt to get around legal contribution limits. The bottom line is that public policy is being made not by principle, but by payment up front.
McCain has been missing in this debate. He was missing in action when it first starting flaring at the end of last year.
A city or any other special interest that doesn't hire a lobbyist will tend to be overlooked by lawmakers.
It seems like 12 might be the upper limit. We only got 12 on the rule, and that was seen as the easier vote for us because some members saw it as undemocratic.
If you're offering advice to your trustee, that's not a blind trust.
This is delightful news. We now have moderate Republicans leading in the Senate and the House. That really vastly improves the chances we're going to get it in the final legislation.
I have limited expectations for both the House and Senate ethics committees.
What better way to buy access to a lawmaker than to hire the lawmaker's son, daughter or spouse as their lobbyist on a lucrative retainer?
You've made a sham of the campaign finance law. You could suggest there really are no limits in Florida.
