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  1. May 28, 2009, 2:55 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: Buying Ambassadorships Redux: Four Obama Nominees Were Big-Money Bundlers

    President Barack Obama’s pledge to change the ways of Washington doesn’t yet seem to apply to the diplomatic selection process, if yesterday’s round of ambassadorial nominations is any guide. Read more

  2. May 11, 2009, 1:04 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: The Time for Campaign Finance Reform?

    The conventional wisdom is that the public financing system for presidential campaigns is dead, or at least comatose. But a conference at the National Press Club last week — hosted by NYU School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice — posed an unconventional follow-up question: Is this the moment to push for new public financing legislation? Read more

  3. May 07, 2009, 2:57 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: Obama’s First Choice for FEC Raises Questions About Stance on 527s

    A few days ago, President Obama made attorney John Sullivan his first nomination to fill one of the three vacant seats on the Federal Election Commission. If confirmed by the Senate, Sullivan would fill the slot of Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat. Read more

  4. May 05, 2009, 11:05 am

    ACCOUNTABILITY: Lawmakers Ask Obama for Whistleblower Protection

    After years of executive branch hostility to whistleblowers, will President Barack Obama — himself a former whistleblower attorney — hire some of those conscientious employees back? Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York and six other members of Congress have asked Obama to consider doing so. Read more

  5. May 01, 2009, 3:30 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: President Obama’s Opportunity to Mold the FEC

    At midnight Thursday, the terms of Federal Election Commissioner Donald F. McGahn II (a Republican) and FEC Chairman Steven T. Walther (a Democrat) expired. Combined with Democrat Ellen L. Weintraub’s seat — she remains on the commission even though her term expired two years ago — President Obama has the opportunity to make his first three appointments to the six-member commission. Though FEC terms are set for six years, members are free to stay on until replacements are selected by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Read more

  6. May 01, 2009, 1:29 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: The Political Donation Histories of Obama’s Potential New Justices

    When word leaked Thursday night that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire after this court term ends, it took about 30 seconds for every major news outlet and political pundit to put together a list of who President Obama might nominate to replace Souter. Naturally, we were curious as to the political contribution histories of some of the top prospects, so we ran their names through the subscription-only CQMoneyLine donor database to see what came out. Read more

  7. April 28, 2009, 2:15 pm

    ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: Less Clean Coal Lobbying? Not Exactly

    Don’t think that the “clean coal” blitz faded in the first months of the Obama administration just because newly filed disclosure forms show an 85 percent drop-off in lobbying by the companies participating in the effort. Read more

  8. April 24, 2009, 2:15 pm

    MONEY & POLITICS: FEC Takes No Action on Pro-Hillary 527

    It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were ensconced in a heated battle for the Democratic nomination, but a decision Thursday by the Federal Elections Commission takes us back to those days. Read more

  9. April 20, 2009, 2:21 pm

    POLITICS: Obama Beats Biden in Book Royalties

    The big news from the Obamas’ tax returns — that our president raked in nearly $2.5 million in book sales last year — comes as no surprise. This is actually a drop from the previous year, when he noted almost $4.1 million in royalties. (The drop is a result of the fact that the books were in paperback in 2008, which returned a lot less money than the hardcover edition.) Read more

  10. April 17, 2009, 1:59 pm

    ENVIRONMENT: Last Minute Flurry of Ethanol Lobbying at OMB

    The Obama administration is getting plenty of input on the Farm Belt’s favorite alternative fuel — ethanol. Of specific interest: whether it helps or hurts in the effort to combat climate change. Read more

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