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Steve Billet, Director of Legislative Affairs at The Graduate School of Political Management talks about new campaign finance laws and why they have not seemed to work.

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Picking Supreme Court Justices: Presidential Wins, Losses

With President Obama’s appointment of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, it’s a good time to review recent history of Court nominations – and how they ultimately fared.  Over the past 50 years, 27 people have been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court and of those 19 (70 percent) were confirmed, 3 were rejected, 4 were withdrawn and no action was taken on one of them.

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GSPM Career Services Director Mag Gottlieb talks about how to find a job in politics, her experiences in the field, and her newly released E-Book on careers in politics. 

The E-Book can be found here. 

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National Journal Online has a nice video link and a long write-up of yesterday's GSPM-sponsored lobbying forum. You can catch the action on their blog, "under the influence," which covers the DC lobbying industry. Theresa Poulson's entry, "White House's Eisen: K STreet Rules Evolving," tells the story and includes a series of video clips from the event. You can catch the story at http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/white-house-ethics-adviser-lob.php

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Students who started the political management degree in fall 2008 or later operate under the revised curriculum. Alumni may not have had the chance to review the new curriculum, so here is a quick overview for you.

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