Politics

Sunset

By Paul Blumenthal

Holy... Rep. Ruben Hinojosa files for personal bankruptcy based on a loan to the company H&H Food Products. Hinojosa, however, had listed the loan as having been made to Hinojosa Development on his financial disclosure filed with Congress. -- Politico

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo takes the popular anti-lobbying rhetoric to another level, ?The lobbyists are going to be running around the hallways like their hair is on fire." -- New York Times

The AP does a great job covering the "no comments" from Egypt's Washington lobbyists. -- AP

On WikiLeaks cables relating to ACTA: "The cables note that critics wanted ACTA to take place before an existing body like WIPO, where processes were in place for transparency and for the involvement of public interest groups." -- Ars Technica

Full post as published by Sunlight Foundation on February 03, 2011 (boomark / email).