WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Speaking of floor leaders: Steny Hoyer’s intimate ties with lobbyists. “I’m talking about House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., who has raised far more money from lobbyists this year — $142,000 — than any other House candidate. In fact, Hoyer has outraised Boehner 3-to-1 from K Street. . . . Some of those company names — Goldman, Citi, Miller — remind me of Robert Cogorno. Hoyer’s former floor director, Cogorno is a lobbyist representing those companies Goldman, Citi, and MillerCoors. Cogorno also represents the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America, Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, the Managed Funds Association, and a dozen more big companies.”

UPDATE: Sorry, brain-burp. Somebody sent me this and I didn’t notice its age. Should’ve gone to bed earlier. Not that the lobbyist-ties bit isn’t still true. . . .