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Senate backs conflict-of-interest rules
In a sign of just how unpopular Congress has become, rank-and-file senators hijacked debate over a narrowly tailored ethics bill and won broad approval Thursday for a more sweeping reform package imposing new conflict-of-interest rules and mandating
Tags: earmarks, Senate, Congress, Capitol Hill, Executive Branch, The Washington Post, Post-Gazette Washington Bureau, Washington, United States Congress
With earmarks banned, California must finagle transportation bill
California lawmakers and lobbyists must find new ways to steer federal transportation dollars to the state. Earmarks are out, in the massive House and Senate transportation bills moving this week. Once famed for their pork, the transportation bills
Tags: earmarks, transportation bills, California, Fresno, political-news, United States, Earmark, California High-Speed Rail, Ray LaHood
Report: 7 ex-lawmakers now lobby for groups that got earmarks
Text Size Sometimes earmarking government money pays off for U.S. lawmakers even after they've left office. A new report has found seven former lawmakers who have lobbied Congress on behalf of organizations that they funded while in office. Citizens
Tags: earmarks, Washington, Earmark, Politics of the United States, political-news
Highways sans pork? A rough road
The practice, notorious for embodying Washington's pay-to-play culture, nonetheless got lawmakers enthusiastic about the less-than-sexy process of funding the country's highway and transit systems. Continue Reading Now, leaders are trying to figure
Tags: earmarks, Congress, Don Young, Washington, political-news, United States, Earmark, Ted Stevens
Ex-Representative May Lobby for Project He Helped Finance
Soon after he retired last year as one of the leading liberals in Congress, former Representative William D. Delahunt of Massachusetts started his own lobbying firm with an office on the 16th floor of a Boston skyscraper. One of his first clients was
Tags: earmarks, CONGRESSIONAL, Delahunt Group, massachusetts bay, cape cod, Boston, Earmark, Delahunt
As Rick Santorum Secured Earmarks, 2006 Donations Flowed In
The announcements flowed out of Rick Santorum 's Senate office: a $3.5 million federal grant to Piasecki Aircraft to help it test a new helicopter propeller technology; another $3.5 million to JLG Industries to bolster its bid to build all-terrain
Tags: Santorum, earmarks, Mr. Santorum, Senate, Rick Santorum, Anchorage, political-news, Earmark, Politics of the United States
Few 7th District hopefuls spar in Columbia
Noticeably absent were many candidates both past and present in the fluid field for the newest seat. Rep. Thad Viers dropped out of the race last week after being arrested, and Debbie Harwell removed herself Tuesday, citing her husband's ailing
Tags: earmarks, Wilkes, Obama, Bauer, Vick, health care, Parnell Diggs, Myrtle Beach, Earmark
McCain attacks Santorum for earmark spending
After finishing a close second to Mitt Romney in the 2012 Iowa Caucus, Rick Santorum has come under scrutiny by his fellow republicans, particularly, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Just days after the votes were counted, Santorum's
Tags: John McCain, Rick Santorum, earmarks, Mitt Romney, 2012 elections, republican candidates, pork spending, federal deficit, conservative politics, 2012 presidential candidates
Central Kentucky officials find earmark cupboard bare
There was a time when Central Kentucky lawmakers, members of the region's business community and the lobbyists who represent them could fly in to Washington, D.C., and present a wish list to members of the state's congressional delegation with a
Tags: earmarks, Central Kentucky, Washington, Steve Ellis, Nicholasville, United States Congress, lobbying, Politics of the United States, Earmark, political-news
OpenSecrets.org Informs Congressional Debates
For instance, during congressional debates about health care reform, earmarks, the role of special interests and the future of the presidential public financing system, the Center's expertise has been featured front and center. In fact, since
Tags: earmarks, responsive political, Center for Responsive Politics, Congressional Record, congressional debates, Washington, political-news
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