Lobbying

FARA's Failings: Or How The DOJ Fails To Monitor Foreign Lobbying

Zephyr Teachout | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain Lobbyist, Lobbying, Foreign Policy, Charles Schumer, Barack Obama, Mccain, Fara, Payne, Home News
Zephyr Teachout

While Obama burnishes his diplomatic credentials abroad, it's becoming clear that people like Bush bundler Stephen Payne are conducting all but unregulated diplomacy and shaping foreign policy.

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Anti-War Movement Successfully Pushes Back Against Military Confrontation With Iran

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel Lobby, Aipac, Iraq War, HR 362, Anti-War Movement, H.Con.Res 362, Lobbying, War With Iran, Iran, Israel, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

In the past two months, the anti-war movement has taken on one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States in an important fight. And so far, it's winning.

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WATCH: Capitol Hill Loses Another Congressman To K Street

Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Wynn, K Street, Congress Revolving Door, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Money and Politics, Lobbyists and Congress, Politics News

Capitol Hill lost yet another Congressman to K Street recently, as one more elected official rolled down the hill to join a lobbying firm. Through the...

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In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Doug Goodyear, Gale Norton, Mark Rey, Law, McCain Lobbyists, John McCain, Lawyers, Burma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Jim Johnson VP, The Trap, Andy Card, Law School, Daniel Brook, American Forest & Paper Association, Barack Obama, Attorneys, Yale Law, Business News
Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.

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J Street: A Much-Needed Pro Peace Lobby Is Born

James Zogby | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Israel, Peace, Middle East, Lobbying, Foreign Policy, Politics News
James Zogby

Last month's launch of J Street marks the culmination of a two-decades old evolution within the pro-Israel community in the U.S.

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: GI Bill, Mccain, Parsley, Hagee, Lobbying, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Still think John McCain is the straight talking reformer of 2000? This week, huge chunks of that facade fell away. His multi-layered lobbying problems sent the reformer chunk tumbling. His one-two rejection of agents of intolerance John "Hitler Was Doing God's Work" Hagee and Rod "Islam is Anti-Christ" Parsley, whose endorsements he actively pursued, revealed the calculation behind his faith-based outreach -- and down came the straight-talk stucco. And his refusal to join the 75 Senators who voted for the new GI Bill (or even show up for the vote), transformed his endless talk of honor, duty, sacrifice, and owing our troops a debt we can never repay into hypocritical dust. No matter who the Democrats nominate, it's increasingly clear McCain's toughest foe in 2008 will be the man he used to be.

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Of Mice and Straw Men

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, John McCain, Lobbying, Convention, Mccain, Straw Men, Truth, Straw Man, Fbi, Bush, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Could it be that Senator McCain doesn't want the public to see the maverick image he worked so hard to create is nothing more than a straw man?

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EPA Scientists Confirm Political Interference

Janet Ritz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Epa, Politics, Union of Concerned Scientists, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Bush Administration, Environment, Science, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman, Stephen Johnson, Interference, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Four in ten environmental scientists said the political interference they'd been experiencing is more prevalent in the last five years.

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In Defense Of Hookers

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Sideburns, Sex Scandal, Marijuana, Didn't Inhale, Whore, Mustang Ranch, Larry Craig, Puritanism, Brothel, Eliot Spitzer, Hooker's Army, Campaign Donation, Nevada, Hooker, Puritanical, Prostitution, Politics, Hookers, Moral, Moralistic, Politician, Cathouse, Political, Amsterdam, Whorehouse, Prostitute, Bill Clinton, J. Edgar Hoover, Lobbying, Politicians, Monica Lewinsky, Legalize Prostitution, Lobbyist, Campaign Donations, Joe Hooker, Lobby, Sex, Legalized Prostitution, Hypocrisy, Ken Starr, Campaign Funding, Puritan, Burnside, Politics News
Chris Weigant

It's impossible to describe the relationship between politicians, lobbyists, corporations, and campaign cash -- and have it come out sounding different than what a prostitute does for a living.

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You Can't Spell Congress Without a "K"

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Lobbyist, K Street Money, K Street, Lobbying, John McCain Lobbying Scandal, Vicki Iseman, Iseman McCain, McCain Lobbyist, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

The Hill report that lobbying revenues were up across the board in 2007, despite the ethics and lobbying overhauls the Democrats instituted with much fanfare.

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Why John McCain Owes The New York Times a Thank You Card

Marc Cooper | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Matt Drudge, New York Times, John McCain, Robert Bennett, Lobbying, John McCain Lobbying Scandal, Iseman McCain, Vicki Iseman McCain, Vicki Iseman, John McCain Affair, Who Is Vicki Iseman, John McCain Lobbyist, McCain Lobbyist, John McCain Special Interests, John McCain NYT Article, McCain Scandal, McCain Affair Iseman, NY Times, Iseman Bio, Politics News
Marc Cooper

The Republican Right is already howling over the bombshell dropped by The New York Times on John McCain, the GOP's all-but-official nominee. But they've got it backwards.

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Google v. Micrsosoft: The K Street Factor

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Google, Microsoft Yahoo Bid, Microsoft Yahoo, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Anti-Trust Laws, Microsoft, Yahoo. Microsoft Bid Yahoo, Microsoft Yahoo Merger, Microsoft Yahoo Takeover, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

The clash of the computer titans: Google versus Microsoft, with Yahoo at stake as either a prize to be claimed or defended. Who are the lobbyists deploying on the issue?

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Wal-Mart Pays $208,678 For High Price Lobbyists in Massachusetts

Al Norman | Posted 02.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Tax Loophole, Ernst & Young, Combined Reporting, REITs, Wal-Mart, Lobbying, Deval Patrick, Business News
Al Norman

Arkansas Retailer Boosts Lobbying Spending by Five Times Previous Year BOSTON--Forget everyday low prices. Wal-Mart has been paying high-priced lobby...

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Former Legislators Turn To Lobbying In Droves

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ethics Reform, Trent Lott and Lobbying, Trent Lott, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Edwards Lobbyists, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News

Lawmakers returning to the Capitol are being welcomed back by some familiar faces: former members whose one-year ban on lobbying their old colleagues ...

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Big Business Is Even More Unpopular Than You Think

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Hmos, Oil Industry, De-Regulation, Lobbying, Corporations, Regulation, Corporate Power, Tobacco Industry, Business, Business News
Robert Weissman

New findings on attitudes toward regulation show that the business campaign against regulation as an abstract concept has been very successful.

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Who Cares About Corruption?

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Des Moines Register Poll, Iowa Caucus, Lobbying, Campaign Finance Reform, Politics News
Jonathan Neil Schneider

In a recent Des Moines Register poll, participants were asked what "key issue" was most important to them in selecting a presidential candidate. They...

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Survey: What Are CEOs Thinking?

Tim Berry | Posted 11.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Big Business, Environment, Enterprise, Pr, Lobbying, Corporations, Ceo, Mckinsey, Offshoring, Business News
Tim Berry

To me, this is good news: McKinsey's latest CEO survey shows that enterprise CEOs worry about global warming and environmental issues.

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Buying influence to support thuggery

Mark Kleiman | Posted 11.01.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mark Penn, Lobbying, HRC, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Blackwater, Politics News
Mark Kleiman

After the fuss over the Baghdad Massacre, the Blackwater mercenary army is hiring Washington big-shots as lobbyists to control the political damage. ...

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The Discreet Charm of the Ruling Class

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Bush, Iraq War, Government, Values Voters, Washington Lobby, The Ruling Class, Lobbying, Voter Picture ID, Religious Right, Ruling Elite, Neoconservatives, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Rulership isn't a legitimate part of democracy. When a governing class develops in a democratic society, it loses contact with the people who elect it.

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Lawmakers Learn To Get Around Their Own New Lobbying Rules

Washington Post | Elizabeth Williamson | Posted 10.13.2007 | Business

Read More: Congress, Lobbying, Business News

In recent days, about 100 members of Congress and hundreds of Hill staffers attended two black-tie galas, many of them as guests of corporations and l...

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A Picture of Political Corruption

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 10.09.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Danny Davis, Money and Politics, Fritz Hollings, Christopher Shays, Political Corruption, Mr. Schneider Goes to Washington, Lobbying, Entertainment News
Jonathan Neil Schneider

As difficult as it was to leave my lucrative career producing America's Next Top Model, it was considerably more difficult convincing members of Congress to appear in my film.

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