K Street Lobbyists

A Pennsylvanian's Guide to the Rick Santorum You Don't Know

Will Bunch | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Big Pharma, Terri Schiavo, Mortgages, K Street Lobbyists, Opus Dei, Charity, Ethics, Rick Santorum, Outback Steakhouse, Barack Obama, Wal-Mart, Homesc, Pennsylvania, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Rick Santorum 2012, Politics News
Will Bunch

You could say that Rick Santorum is just another politician. But that would be giving him too much credit.

Read Post

Seasoned Greetings: It's Another Ho-Ho-Horowitz Christmas!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Christmas Parodies, Iphone 4s, Ipad 2, Ron Paul, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, GOP Debates, Holiday Songs, Plan B, K Street, Sarkozy, Euro Debt, Occupy, Jon Hunsman, Rick Perry, Siri, Albert Pujols, K Street Lobbyists, Anthony Weiner, Republican Candidates, Free Agency, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Keystone Pipeline, Merkel, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, GOP Candidates, Federal Regulations, Michele Bachmann, Arab Spring, Holiday Parodies, Wall Street, Rod Blagojevich, Christmas Songs, Major League Baseball, Herman Cain, Eurozone, Comedy News
Rick Horowitz

Tough times? Try some tunes! We've got political carols! Financial carols! Scandal carols! Carols from the world of sports! Yes indeedy, friends -- it's a holiday miracle!

Read Post

Blame Grover Norquist for Dismantling Financial Services Reform, Democracy

Jane White | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, K Street Lobbyists, Grover Norquist, Campaign Finance Reform, Mccain-Feingold, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Politics News
Jane White

If you need evidence that this country has been hijacked by special interests, look no further than the hell that compromised politicians are putting Elizabeth Warren through.

Read Post

Coloradans Challenging Wall Street on Main Street This Week

T.A. Taylor-Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street Lobbyists, Shareholders, Atms, Financial Reform, Bank of America, Wall Street Reform, 17th & Broadway Denver Colorado, Auto Loans, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Poisoning Main Street, US Senate, Pay and Bonuses, Foreclosure, Wall Street Showdown, Shareholder Activist, Coloradans for Financial Reform, Wall Street Bonuses, Bank of America Kansas City, Wells Fargo Bank, Bankruptcy, Student Debt, Wells Fargo, Payday Loans, Financial Reform Legislation, Goldman Sachs Profits, Student Loans, Senator Udall, Wells Fargo Shareholder Meeting San Francisco, Toxic Wall Street, Main Street, Senator Bennet, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs Fraud, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Wall Street, Working America, Goldman Sachs Bailout, Bank of America Charlotte, Not Your Atm, Colorado Unemployment, Citigroup, Denver News
T.A. Taylor-Hunt

The sidewalk outside the Wells Fargo Bank office at 17th & Broadway in Denver will host two Main Street actions in support of strong financial reform legislation in the U.S. Senate.

Read Post

Report: Obama Didn't Make 'Significant Progress' In Curbing Big-Money Influence

The Hill | Kevin Bogardus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Lobbyists, Obama K Street, Obama Influence, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Obama Administration, Obama, K Street, K Street Lobbyists, K Street Money, Politics News

The Obama administration did not make "significant progress" cleaning up Washington in its first year, according to an independent report to be releas...

Read Whole Story

Senate GOP Meets With Lobbyists To Discuss Jobs Bill

Roll Call | Anna Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Lobbyist Meeting, Gop K Street Meeting, Gop Jobs Bill, Jobs Bill, Gop, K Street, Gop K Street, Gop Lobbyists, Lobbysists, K Street Lobbyists, Republican Jobs Bill, Republicans, Politics News

Senate Republican leadership staff are huddling with K Streeters this afternoon over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) decision to forgo a ...

Read Whole Story

Lobbyist Donation 'Bundling' Proves Difficult To Take On

Politico | Manu Raju | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Lobbyists, Donation Bundling, Barack Obama, Lobbyist Donation Bundling, Lobbyists, Obama vs Lobbyists, Obama, Lobbyists Campaign Donations, K Street, K Street Lobbyists, Politics News

Hawaii Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye has long been a powerful booster of defense industry giants like Lockheed Martin, repeatedly helping out the $40 ...

Read Whole Story

Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Certified Financial Consultant, Goldman Sachs, Dr. Lawrence Summers, George W. Bush, Progressives, Obama Economic Team, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, K Street, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Bonuses, Lottery Winners, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington Real Estate, McNay Settlement Group, K Street Lobbyists, Republican National Committee, Charlie Rose, Richmond Kentucky, Double Digit Unemployment, Washington DC, Democratic National Committee, Clu, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Change We Can Believe In, Million Dollar Round Table, Big Money, Henry Paulson, Faculty Lounge, Structured Setlements, Alan Greenspan, Huffington Post, Small Business, President Obama, Sherrod Brown, Obama Administration, Main Street, Jobs, Depressions, Harvard, Ohio, Financial Crisis, Mark Twain, American College, Personal Finance, Msfs, Recessions, Chfc, Economic Crisis, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Kentucky, Don McNay, Economic Despair, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Mike and the Mechanics, Warren Buffett, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Partisanship, Estate Tax, Business News
Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

Read Post

Lobbyists Feel The Recession: Lobbying In Marked Decline

washingtonpost.com | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street Lobbyists, Congress, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Washington, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, Patton Boggs, Registered Lobbyists, K Street, Transparency, Business News

Overall spending on lobbying has leveled off for the first time in a decade, according to disclosure data filed with Congress. Lobbying revenue for ma...

Read Whole Story

Brazil's Earth Day Present: A Sustainable Energy Policy

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Americas Summit, Biofuels, Brazil, Enron, Renewable Energy, Lula, Fiat, Vw, Carlos Ghosn, Obama, K Street Lobbyists, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Orange Line, Cta Chicago, Citroen, Tata Nano, Carbon Fooprint, New York Mta, Curitiba, Ratan Tata, Ethanol, Beltway Bandits, Davidow, Solar Power, Nissan Renault, 2-Cv, Earth Day, São Paulo-Brazil, Green News
Eric Ehrmann

Brazil's sustainable energy dividend is the result of generations of trust and cooperation between a strong federal government, parastatal companies and global businesses who have developed the knack of working with them.

Read Post

Obama Versus "The Lobbyists"

Bara Vaida | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Revolving Door, K Street Lobbyists, Special Interests, K Street, Obama Lobbyists, Lobbyists, Obama Special Interests, K Street Money, Politics News
Bara Vaida

While Obama has been railing against lobbyists, he has been hiring lobbyists too. 11 percent of Obama's 267 senior staff and nominees were registered lobbyists in the past five years.

Read Post

Judge Judy for the Supreme Court? - An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Political Comedy, K Street Lobbyists, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Jon Stewart, Hachette Audio, Christopher Moore, Judge Judy, Stephen Colbert, Christopher Buckley, Carl Hiassen, TV Judge, Sarah Palin, Anne Heche, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Mark Helprin, Media News
Tom Alderman

TITLE: "Supreme Courtship" AUTHOR: Christopher Buckley ("Boomsday," "Florence of Arabia," "Thank You For Not Smoking") ...

Read Post

Democratic Majority Has Been Good For Lobbyists' Bottom Line

The Hill | Jim Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street Money, Democratic Majority and Lobbyists, K Street Lobbyists, K Street and Demorcats, K Street, Lobbyists Profit, Politics News

New limits on the access lobbyists have to lawmakers have not hurt K Street's bottom line as several top lobbying shops reported strong revenue growth...

Read Whole Story