Professor Stanley M. Brand quoted in Politico article

CARLISLE, Pa.—Penn State Dickinson Law Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government Stanley M. Brand recently commented for a Politico story on congressional rules governing staff pay.

He explained that a “loophole” in Senate rules allowed a staff aide to charge $44,000 in commuting expenses between Washington, D.C., and Lynchburg, Virginia, while working for a Kansas senator. He pointed out that the loophole could be a costly practice if widely adopted by other members of Congress.

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Professor Stanley M. Brand is the On-site Director of Dickinson Law’s Semester-in-Washington D.C. Program. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C. He is the former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives and chief legal officer responsible for representing the House, its members, officers, and employees in connection with legal procedures and challenges to the conduct of their official activities; former Senior Counsel in Akin Gump’s litigation practice in Washington, D.C.; and Vice President, National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (the governing body of minor league baseball). He is a co-author, with Professor Lance Cole, of a casebook on Congressional Investigations. With over thirty years of experience, Professor Brand offers students a particularly sharp insight into federal regulatory and legislative practice in Washington, D.C.