Blog Stirs Controversy on Hill, K Street With Quotes From Senate Aide

By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 28, 2009, 6:25 p.m.

A blog post reporting comments made by a senior Republican staffer on the Senate Judiciary Committee is creating a firestorm on K Street and Capitol Hill. The staffer, according to the blog, criticized earlier attempts at passing patent reform and took the high-tech industry to task for trying to buy its way into passing legislation.



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