yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/23/2008
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It makes sense when you think about it, but apparently Ted Stevens’ existence in the US Senate was supporting a pretty vast network of staffers-turned-lobbyists and a whole cottage industry for whom ties to Stevens were bread and butter. Now he’s gone, and his office isn’t ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/31/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Rod Blagojevich's decision to appoint Roland Burris to
Illinois' vacant Senate seat, even as the governor faces...
intense criminal scrutiny, is being treated as a crazy political power grab. It also seems very likely to be permanent. A legal scholar ...
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Roland Burris Almost Certain To Be Seated, Legal ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/23/2008
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We now know that the federal employee alleging
government misconduct in the Ted Stevens case is a...
special agent with the FBI, according to a heavily redacted version of the agent's complaint released today. While working on Operation Polar Pen -- ...
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Stevens Case 'Whistle-Blower' Revealed To Be FBI Agent
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... "A number of interests are extremely concerned that they are going to be hit with legislation, and this includes a number of parties who have not had to worry in the Republican era and now see a major threat... Everyone I've talked to thinks it's going to be a banner year. I'm just smiling, quite frankly, at what seems to be happening." It's frustrating to think the only group of people able to thrive in this economy are K Street lobbyists, but this is not altogether unexpected. As Yglesias noted yesterday, "With business investment and consumer spending tanking, public ...
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