Congress' fiscal cliff fiasco, a flurry of lame duck legislation and election-season politics drove some of the nation's most powerful lobbying forces to double down on their governmental influence efforts late last year, newly filed reports show.
The United States Olympic Committee paid another $163,000 to Stephanie Streeter in 2010 even though she had effectively stepped down as its chief executive in October 2009, newly filed tax reports show.
Whether or not the politics have influenced the trend, there are now more full-time council members: Fewer lawmakers reported earning significant outside income last year to supplement their nearly $130,000 salaries, newly filed financial disclosure reports show.
An examination of newly filed campaign finance reports shows that Mr. McCain, of Arizona, recovered from a near-death campaign experience last summer to modest financial stability by taking out bank loans and curtailing his free spending.
In 2006, according to its newly filed tax forms, first reported by the Web site The Smoking Gun, the charity paid $250,000 to a television station controlled by Mr. Jean and his cousin Jerry Duplessis, who also serves on the Yéle board.
We will monitor developments in this newly filed case.
Herzer, in the newly filed declaration, said she loves Redstone.
The group files reports to the United Nations Human Rights Council.
And, using batons and an electric prod, they also beat up a newly elected member of Parliament, Ziad el-Elaimy, who with two other new lawmakers filed a police report against the top military official, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
