| Subject: [EL] Electionlawblog news and commentary 1/7/11 |
| From: Rick Hasen |
| Date: 1/7/2011, 9:06 AM |
| To: Election Law |
WSJ's Washington Wire offers this
update on a fight over whether to continue funding an
alternate engine for the F35 joint strike fighter plane under
development for the Pentagon. Wondering about the connection to
the material covered on this blog? Near the end of my new
draft on lobbying, I discuss the lobbying surrounding this
issue, particularly the use of "revolving door" lobbyists and
lobbyist bundlers on both sides of this fight---whether to fund
an alternative engine that the President and Secretary of
Defense have repeatedly said they don't want, but that members
of Congress have insisted upon continuing to fund. See also this
WSJ editorial.
I'll be periodically following this legislative fight on the
blog.
Oops!
UPDATE: Double
oops: "Two House Republican members, Reps. Mike
Fitzpatrick and Pete Sessions, missed their swearing in on
Wednesday as they attended a fundraiser in Fitzpatrick's honor
at the U.S. Capitol. These two not-quite-yet Congressmen then
voted on legislation and introduced bills, adding a Dadaist
element to the proceedings. Although astonishingly surreal,
there's a serious House Rules-related concern: lawmakers are
barred from using official resources for campaign or fundraising
activities."
The
latest from Indiana.
Pam Karlan has written this
piece for the Boston Review.
Doug Chapin's lead
story at Electionline Weekly.
The Congressional Research Service has issued this
report.