More than 900 former federal employees, including 70 former members of Congress, have gone to work as lobbyists for the financial services sector this year, Public Citizen has found. Those who have passed through the revolving door between Congress and the financial industry include a former speaker of the House, two former Senate majority leaders and two former House majority leaders. The industry also has showered Congress with more than $42 million in campaign contributions in the past year, aiming at members of the banking committees.
EPA should use Clean Air Act to address climate change
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the Clean Air Act, it is appropriate for the Environmental Protection Agency to use this law for the agency’s most important and challenging task yet: solving climate change. Decades of success using the act to make America’s communities cleaner and safer can serve as a model of how to tackle climate change.
