In Defense of Lobbying
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 19th, 2010 5:39 am by HL
In Defense of Lobbying
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) tells the Weekly Standard why he doesn’t think his background as a highly-paid Washington, D.C. lobbyist should disqualify him from running for president.
Said Barbour: “The first thing a president’s going to have to do when he takes his hand off the Bible is start lobbying. He’s going to need to lobby Congress. He’s going to need to lobby the bureaucracy. He’s going to need to lobby the governors. He’s going to need to lobby our allies and our international competitors. And I’m a pretty good lobbyist.”
Newly-elected Congressman Under Investigation
The Miami Herald reports investigators are looking into more than $500,000 in secret payments from the owners of a dog track to a company tied to Rep-elect David Rivera (R-FL).
“Most of the money was paid in early 2008, weeks after Rivera — then a member of the Florida House of Representatives — helped run a political campaign backed by the dog track to win voter approval for Las Vegas-style slot machines at parimutuel venues in Miami-Dade County.”
