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Fiscal Cliff Lobbying

Paul Blumenthal

Company Used Fiscal Cliff Deal To Hurt Rival

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 02.08.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The era of crisis budgeting in Washington has opened new opportunities for corporations and special interests. The latest example of ...

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Christina Wilkie

Fiscal Cliff Gave Big Boost To One Crafty Industry

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 01.24.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Lobbying expenditures for large pro-business lobbying groups soared in the last quarter of 2012, driven by election-year politics, the l...

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WATCH: Asparagus Grower Rep Defends Fiscal Cliff Subsidies

The Huffington Post | Lindsay Wilkes-Edrington | Posted 01.04.2013 | HuffPost Live 321
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The "fiscal cliff" deal passed by Congress earlier this week included a number of obscure provisions that are now benefiting some unexpected parties. ...

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Ben Hallman

Wall Street Gifts, NASCAR Perk Sneaked Into Fiscal Cliff Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 01.04.2013 | Business
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The 11th-hour deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff preserved billions of dollars in corporate tax giveaways even as it slashed take-home pay for m...

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Paul Blumenthal

Karl Rove Group Takes Aim At 2014 Senate Races

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.11.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- The 2012 election is barely five weeks behind us, but conservative "dark money" groups are already beginning their 2014 campaign. Crossr...

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Lobbying Continues As Focus Shifts From Election To Fiscal Cliff

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 01.22.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nation's capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight ...

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