What Health Crisis? McConnell Senate Tees Up Lame Duck Confirmation of Trump’s Extremist Fed Board Pick
WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 11 million Americans remain out of work. The pandemic that has already cost over 240,000 U.S.
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Watchdog Calls on Lawmakers to Pause Biased FEC Nominations
Trump Moving to Politicize FEC After Leaving Vacancies for Months WASHINGTON, D.C. – After leaving the Federal Election Commission (FEC) toothless and without quorum for more than…
Read moreAccountable Pharma Calls for SEC Investigation Into Pfizer CEO Stock Dump; “Appears To Be Another Example of a Shameless Pump-and-Dump and Egregious Pandemic Profiteering”
Washington, DC – Today, watchdog group Accountable Pharma called on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate the sale by Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla of 132,506 shares of Pfizer…
Read moreTrump Pushing Ideology, Not Curbing COVID, During Lame-Duck
WASHINGTON, D.C. – New reports this morning show the Trump administration laying out a dangerous path for the duration of the lame-duck. As detailed in Politico,…
Read moreSalon: Trump and GOP rush to “quietly pack the FEC with partisans” after election, watchdog group warns
Senate Republicans plan to move forward with three Federal Election Commission (FEC) nominations next week, raising concerns that the party is attempting to pack the panel with “partisans” after blocking it from enforcing election laws…
Read moreSalon: Watchdog group calls for SEC probe: Pfizer CEO dumped $5.6M in stock on day of vaccine news
A watchdog group called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate stock sales by Pfizer chief executive Dr. Albert Bourla on the day the pharmaceutical giant announced that its coronavirus vaccine was more than…
Read moreLatest Jobless Report Underscores Mess Left Behind for President-elect Biden
Recession Persists As 709K More Lose Jobs, Yet McConnell Senate Insists on “Narrow” COVID-19 Aid WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration is leaving President-elect Joe Biden with an economic…
Read moreWatchdog: Trump Administration’s Obstruction of Transition Resources Is Putting Our National Security, Public Health at Risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the recession persists, potential national security threats loom, and the spread of coronavirus “rages” throughout the country, the American people cannot afford…
Read moreWatchdog Group Calls for Outgoing Trump Administration to Back Down From Threats to Fire Dr. Fauci, Other Public Health Experts
Last week: Trump suggests he will fire Fauci “a little bit after the election” Late October: Sec. Azar threatens to fire FDA Commissioner …
Read moreYahoo News: White House attorney dispatched to agency blocking Biden transition
WASHINGTON — Five days before the presidential election, the Trump administration dispatched attorney Trent Benishek of the White House general counsel’s office to the General Services Administration. Kyle Herrig, president of the progressive government watchdog…
Read moreWashington Post: Treasury emergency aid loan goes to airline backed by Amazon and Apollo, showing government’s long reach
The Treasury Department has lent $45 million to an airline backed by both e-commerce giant Amazon and Apollo Global Management, a massive private equity firm that has benefited from at least one other government bailout…
Read moreGovernment Watchdog Launches Senate War Room Demanding Smooth Transition of Power and Swift Confirmation of Biden Cabinet and Staff
Group Points to Past Comments of McConnell and Republican Leaders “The Senate has a longstanding tradition of confirming the Cabinet nominees of a newly elected administration in a timely fashion” –…
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