On Wednesday the New York Times published an account of how New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff derailed the workings of an anti-corruption commission that Cuomo had established with great fanfare just months earlier. A New York state law from 1907 named for its sponsor, Sherman Moreland, allows …
Government Integrity Project
NLPC “blows the whistle” on government officials and interest groups engaged in questionable activities. NLPC has filed formal Complaints with a variety of authorities and regulators, including the Federal Election Commission, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Congressional Ethics Committees.
NLPC supports government integrity in two additional ways: by promoting the First Amendment as the basis for campaign finance reform, and by promoting use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
GM Debt Climbs to Over $40 Billion, Earnings Disappoint
General Motors reported earnings today for the 2nd quarter of 2014. The early prognosis is not good with share price falling after the report. While it is difficult for the Mom and Pop investor to sort through GM’s myriad of charges, special items and various smoke and mirrors, there …
Why Hasn’t NHTSA Expanded GM Brake Line Corrosion Investigation?
It has now been over two months since we requested that General Motors recall vehicles that are prone to brake line corrosion. The vehicles in question, GM truck model years 1999 through 2003, have been under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) since 2010. The government agency …
McCaskill and Blumenthal Must Press GM’s Barra for Brake Corrosion Recall
On Thursday, July 17, General Motors CEO Mary Barra will be back as a witness on Capitol Hill, this time before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance.
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), who has been an outspoken critic of GM’s response to the deadly ignition switch defect, …
Lawsuit Seeks to Uncover True Costs of Green Energy Mandates
NLPC Associate Fellow Fred N. Sauer, in photo, filed a lawsuit on June 6 against the Missouri Public Service Commission to make it disclose what is happening to all the money being paid in artificially-high renewable electricity prices. The suit is an outgrowth of his 2013 Special Report titled, The …
New Book Exposes Attorney General Holder’s Abuses of Power
Should perpetuating racial grievance be the defining mission of a U.S. Attorney General? Eric Holder, who has held the office for the past five and a half years, really believes it is – and acts accordingly. A new book, Obama’s Enforcer: Eric Holder’s Justice Department (Broadside), presents a strong case …
Is GM Using Recalls to Drive Showroom Traffic?
Is General Motors trying to make lemonade out of lemons? In the case of the company’s recent string of lemon recalls, there seems to be a strategy to increase showroom traffic by issuing recalls for only those vehicles which do not require high costs to repair. GM CEO, Mary Barra, …
Menendez Tries to Blame Castro For Ethics Woes
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is claiming that Cuban intelligence operatives may have planted reports that he patronized underage prostitutes. According to a Washington Post story on Monday by Carol Leonnig and Manuel Roig-Franzia:
…The alleged Cuba connection was laid out in an intelligence report provided last year to U.S. government
Subaru Recall Weakens GM Defense that Brake Line Rust is Maintenance Issue
Subaru last week announced a second recall for vehicles which are prone to brake line corrosion in “salt belt” states. This latest recall follows a 2013 recall for the same issue, which can cause brake failure from burst brake lines due to rust. As Subaru does the right thing by …
Media Notices GM Refusal on Brake Line Recall Request
On May 13, we asked GM to recall Chevy Silverados and other pickups and SUVs with a brake line corrosion problem. GM responded by claiming that it was a “maintenance issue” and therefore not a reason to order a recall.
The media is finally paying attention to the issue. Yesterday, …