Lawyer who brought sit Citizens United. At the Supreme Court, they said sorry, Citizens United applied even though two justice said it might be good to look at the law perhaps the premise which citizen united is based on is weak if you look at what is happening with money in election but the court didnt have a signed decision. It just said we are not going to hear the case. Citizens united applied. They overturned the montanas Supreme Courts ruling . Yes. I call this a bold conservative majority and this is a good example. There are no regrets. I am not sure what might happen if guns comes up again. But i would be surprised if they backtrack on the District Of Columbia gun decision. They will probably not backtrack on the individual holding rights. But i think it will be interesting to see what they say on questions that are coming about gun regulations and what kind of scrutiny the court should give to gun regulation. No, i think this court doesnt have many regrets yet. What surprised
Quorum call mrs. Shaheen madam president . The presiding officer the senator from New Hampshire. Mrs. Shaheen madam president , is the senate in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mrs. Shaheen i ask that the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Shaheen thank you. Madam president , more than 50 years ago, president kennedy signed the equal pay act making equal pay for equal work the law of the land. And yet today, wage discrimination still persists. Today women i continue to be pad just over threequarters of what their male counterparts receive for performing the same work. More women than he have before are graduating from college, but over the course of their careers, they will each make an average of 1. 2 million less than a man with the same level of education. Unfortunately, thats not unique. Across a wide array of industries and within all different occupations, wellqualified women continue to earn an average of 77 cents for each dollar th
Pieces of ethics ordinances that require online reporting of lobbying activities, require the Electronic Filing of campaign statements, and updates to our city conflict of interest codes. But in my second term i have a much stronger sense of how influence impacts important and lucrative decisions in our 7 billion plus budget. I have 26,000 Employee Base that we have making decisions every day about how we use public dollars. I regularly hear from constituents concerned about governmental transparency. This legislation is designed to increase Public Confidence in the everyday workings of our local government, shining a brighter light will lead to better and more open decisions by city officials. And while our proposals will effect certain activities such as lobbying and permit expediting, i want to make it very clear that we are not saying with our legislation that these activities cannot or should not occur. We are simply saying that its important for the public to know when they do oc
The everyday workings of our local government, shining a brighter light will lead to better and more open decisions by city officials. And while our proposals will effect certain activities such as lobbying and permit expediting, i want to make it very clear that we are not saying with our legislation that these activities cannot or should not occur. We are simply saying that its important for the public to know when they do occur that there be transparency. As Supreme Court Justice Louis brandeis once said, sunlight is the best of disinfectants. I want to briefly summarize the changes that we have made to the legislation since our last hearing and there are a number of categories in which we have made changes. First and foremost, weve created a distinction between inhouse and contract lobbyists for inhouse lobbyists they qualify if they have more than five contacts in any calendar month. For contract lobbyists they would qualify if they get paid for Lobbyist Services and if they have
They are among the most detailed that weve come across in our research. But we know that we can do better. During my time on the board im proud to have passed several pieces of ethics ordinances that require online reporting of lobbying activities, require the Electronic Filing of campaign statements, and updates to our city conflict of interest codes. But in my second term i have a much stronger sense of how influence impacts important and lucrative decisions in our 7 billion plus budget. I have 26,000 Employee Base that we have making decisions every day about how we use public dollars. I regularly hear from constituents concerned about governmental transparency. This legislation is designed to increase Public Confidence in the everyday workings of our local government, shining a brighter light will lead to better and more open decisions by city officials. And while our proposals will effect certain activities such as lobbying and permit expediting, i want to make it very clear that