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And one of the most corrupt congressional tenures since the direct election of Senators ends exactly the way everyone expected. washingtonpost.com/politics/kyl-p…
Kyl can now return to corporate lobbying (in all but name), having refreshed his contacts in government, able to demand a new premium for his services. theintercept.com/2018/12/10/jon…
Kyl has never disclosed his finances to the Senate. He filed for an extension for his 2018 finances. The extension is up January 3, 2019. He's resigning effective Dec 31. efdsearch.senate.gov/search/view/ex…
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Well I tried, but paygo remains in the rules for the 116th Congress, albeit with some exemptions. docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
To deficit spent it would have to be called an emergency. (Well, we have a climate emergency, so) docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…
In general this is a pretty bad idea. newrepublic.com/article/152811…
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Nobody is really asking why Jon Kyl was so hot to enter and leave the U.S. Senate within a few months, after serving as a paid advisor to the Kavanaugh confirmation and a lobbyist for one of the biggest law firms in D.C. cnn.com/2018/11/19/pol…
Kyl was temporarily placed on the Armed Services Cmte while pausing his lobbying services for defense contractors Northrop Grumman and Raytheon
Could it be that Kyl just wanted to gather a few months' worth of political intelligence that goes a bit beyond his existing floor privileges and access to the Senate gym and dining room as an ex-Senator.
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I cannot overemphasize what a big deal it will be to have Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) in Congress. The long version is here - I wrote it last April - but let me hit some highlights: theintercept.com/2017/04/04/an-…
The whole country learned about Wall Street's mass fraud in foreclosure cases in 2010. Porter had it figured out three years earlier, in 2007.
She wrote this paper while at the Univ. of Iowa, "Misbehavior and Mistake in Bankruptcy Mortgage Claims." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
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