A lobbyist known as one of California's most successful power brokers while serving as a legislative leader in that state paid Rep. Maxine Waters' husband $15,000 in consulting fees at a time she was co-sponsoring legislation that would help save the real-estate finance business of one of the lobbyist's best-paying clients, records show. [More]That would be Mike Roos, co-author of California's Roberti-Roos "assault weapons" ban.
You know, the guy who doesn't think you're trustworthy enough to handle technology that's been around since 1885.