Submitted by Betsy Muse on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 10:44pm.
We've had a couple of SNAFUs with the upgrade. That's to be expected. Thank you for hanging in there with us.
lobbying reform
Democrats Do Themselves Proud on Ethics Bill
Submitted by BrendaFayBowers on Sun, 01/21/2007 - 7:09pm.Prepost: I have been asked why I am posting national news all the time when this is primarily a site for NC political news. My answer: what is done on the national level soon affects North Carolina so it is best to keep informed about both. And, this site already has a lot of superb writers of NC news.BB)
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I honestly didn't think the Senators would back the provisions put in the House version of the Ethics Bill, but they did and even went a bit further. The Democrats came thru this time because they want to be seen as the "clean" party and get the White House back and a larger margin of Dems in Congress in 2008. But Hey, who cares why they did it, just that tougher ethicls legislation is passed. Read on:
“Senate Passes Ethics Package
Parties Reach Hard-Fought Deal On Lobbying and Other Reforms
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