Out of the swamp... or into the shadows?
People change jobs all the time, but what does that mean in the lobbying world? Our research found that nearly a third of the lobbyists who stayed at the same organization, but did not report any lobbying activity in the first quarter, have titles that indicate they are still working on influencing U.S. federal policy. Was the swamp drained, or are they simply trying to circumvent the rules?
Trump bucks ethics norm with book recommendation
President Trump on Sunday suggested late-summer reading for his 37 million Twitter followers in a tweet that could get anyone else in his office fired. The book, “Cop Under Fire,” was written by Milwaukee County Sheriff and Trump campaign supporter David Clarke, Jr., who had pinned a link to the book’s Amazon page on his…
Sitting Members of Congress to face more, better-funded challengers in 2018
Despite near-record levels of unpopularity, the membership of the 115th Congress is nearly identical to that of the 114th Congress. Of members seeking reelection, 97% of House members and just under 90% of Senators were re-elected. While it is far too soon to speculate on whether these re-election rates will change in 2018, early signs…
Could this Russian-born Trump donor be the key to a cryptic Manafort note?
Yesterday, NBC News reported that notes written by Trump’s then-campaign manager Paul Manafort during a June 2016 meeting with Russians at Trump Tower included cryptic references to political contributions and the Republican National Committee. According to the report, the notes were turned over to both House and Senate intelligence committees, as well as to Special…
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