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The "Insurance Companies Support Health Care Reform" Gambit

David Dayen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Individual Mandate, Insurance Industry, Cost Controls, Public Option, Health Care, California, Blue Cross, Lobbying, Medicare, Wellpoint, Politics News
David Dayen

Private industry has begged off completely from limiting health care costs through any means other than denying coverage to their customers and rationing.

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LobbyBlog

Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: K Street, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Transparency, Business News

Click here for the latest from the new and improved LobbyBlog! September 4, 2009 AUTO DEALERS SPENT $776,000 ON LOBBYING IN SECOND QUARTER Auto dea...

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Dem Sen. Blanche Lincoln Rakes In Health Care Dollars

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Blanche Lincoln, Health Care Lobbyists, Lobbying, Campaign Contributions, Health Care, Transparency, Home News

As the summer of the Democrats� discontent winds to a close, the head count for health care reform in the Senate begins in earnest. One of the key D...

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Syngenta, Maker Of Weed-Killer Atrazine, Wants Lobbying Documents Excluded From Class-Action Lawsuit

HuffPost Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Atrazine, Politics, Weed-Killer, Syngenta, Chemical Company, Illinois. Class-Action Lawsuit, Business, Drinking Water, Herbicide, Green News

Lawyers representing the maker of the herbicide atrazine are asking that documents related to the company's lobbying and trade association activities ...

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Key Baucus Staffer Is Former Insurance Executive

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Max Baucus, Elizabeth Fowler, Lobbying, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Lobbying, Home News

LittleSis uncovers some quality dirt in the Senate Finance Committee: Senator Max Baucus's chief health adviser, Elizabeth Fowler, has been called the...

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Fixed?

Wendy Block | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, LA Times, Fair Elections Now Act, Senate, Congress, Public Option, California Clean Money Campaign, Big Money, Big Oil, Lobbyists, Progressives, Npr, Special Interests, Health Reform, Lobbying, Politics News
Wendy Block

Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Milk. All special interest patrons of America's Big Money bordello. What are good progressives to do? Either we get lobotomies or we fix the way the country finances politics.

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Arthur Delaney

Bailed-Out Financial Firms Forked Over $6 Million To Members Of Congress Since November

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout, Sunlight Foundation, Lobbying, Wall Street, Business News

Lobbyists representing seven of Wall Street's top ten bailout beneficiaries and their trade associations made more than $6 million in campaign contrib...

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Turn Up the Heat on the Insurance Industry

Peter Dreier | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Evan Bayh, Boards of Directors, Lobbying, President Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance Industry, Wellpoint, Max Baucus, America's Health Care Plans, Susan Bayh, Blue Dog Democrats, Campaign Contributions, Angela Braly, Politics News
Peter Dreier

A few hundred people serve on the boards of the nation's largest health insurance companies. They, the industry they serve, and the politicians who do their bidding, need to be held accountable.

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Should Greens Ally With Natural Gas Against Coal?

David Roberts | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Environmentalists, Lobbying, Coal, Climate Change, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Natural Gas, Green News
David Roberts

Is the enemy of our enemy our friend? Is it worthwhile to ally with the natgas industry to reduce the influence of coal and strengthen the climate bill?

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PhRMA Spent $6.2M Lobbying In 2Q

AP | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Lobbying, Phrma, Drug Companies, Health Care, Pharmaceutical-Research-and-Manufacturer�S-Association, Business News

WASHINGTON - The pharmaceutical industry's primary trade group spent nearly $6.2 million lobbying in the second quarter on health care reform provisio...

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Arthur Delaney

HuffPost Money No Good At Senate GOP Fundraiser

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Party Crasher, K Street, Fundraising, Transparency, Politics News

The Huffington Post's party crashing team has been absolutely starved for fundraisers this August. Lawmakers have deserted the capital for their distr...

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A Well-Oiled Crowd Balks at Climate Fix

Russ Baker | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Propaganda, Oil, New York Times, Climate Change, Oil Companies, Climate Bill, Houston, Lobbying, Green News
Russ Baker

We are seeing the explosive growth of efforts by narrow interests in Big Oil, to leverage whatever they can to appeal to those don't have the luxury of thinking beyond their next paycheck.

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Ryan Grim

Where Is Kent Conrad Getting His Whip Count?

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Kent Conrad, Health Care Reform, Filibuster, Senate Democrats, Health Care, Politics News

There are 60 members of the Senate's Democratic caucus -- so why is Sen. Kent Conrad insisting that that there aren't enough votes to pass a public he...

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Tom Daschle's Secret Life Moonlighting For The Insurance Industry

Time.com | MICHAEL SCHERER | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Healthcare, Tom Daschle, Health Care Reform, Lobbying, Transparency, Politics News

This is how Washington really works: Even a top liberal advocate for taking a strong stand against the insurance industry in the health reform fight t...

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11 Habits of Highly Effective Lobbyists

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Halls, Grassroots Activism, Animals, Astroturf, Lobbying, Congress, Grassroots, Coal Industry, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Michael Markarian

It seems that grassroots lobbying is getting a bad rap these days, but that shouldn't discourage animal advocates from being in touch with their members of Congress.

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No, Rahm ; Your Compromise on Health Reform Is F**cking Stupid

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lee Stranahan, Video, Heal-Care-Reform, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Lobbying, Rahm Emanuel, Lobbyists, Youtube, Health Insurance, Democrats, Pharma, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

I had been thinking the biggest enemy to real health insurance reform was Montana Senator Max Baucus but I'll be damned if now I don't think it's you, Rahm.

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Arthur Delaney

Health Care Discussed At Fundraiser For GOP Senators On Finance Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Chuck Grassley, Lobbying, Party Crasher, Pat Roberts, Health Care Reform, Fundraising, Health Care, Politics News

Members of the Senate Finance Committee -- the last committee still wrangling over health care reform legislation -- have raised eyebrows lately with ...

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Jason Linkins

Tauzin's Pharma Lobbying Efforts "Blessed" By White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Barack Obama, Health Care Lobbyists, Phrma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Bill Tauzin, Politics News

In today's Los Angeles Times Tom Hamburger reports on the extent to which former Louisiana Congressman Billy Tauzin has managed to integrate himself, ...

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Durbin Responds To Right-Wing Harassment Strategy: We "Won't Fall For A Sucker-Punch Like This"

Think Progress | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedom Works, Dick Durbin, Durbin, Town Hall, Americans for Prosperity, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Ahip, Health Care Reform, Gop, Democrats, Health Care, Jonathan Cohn, Politics News

ThinkProgress reported today on the growing number of angry right-wing activists viciously harassing Democratic, as well as moderate Republican, membe...

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States, Cities Spend Millions To Attract Stimulus Money

wsj.com | By LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: State Stimulus Spending, Federal Stimulus, Stimulus Spending, Lobbying, National League of Cities, Business News

Towns, cities, counties and states across the country spent a total of $21.4 million on lobbyists between April and June, up 2.7% from the first quart...

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Ethics Panel Members Get Defense Earmarks While Investigating Them

Washington Post | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Jo Bonner, Earmarks, Pma Group, Lobbying, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, Lobbyists, House of Representatives, Appropriations, House Ethics Committee, Zoe Lofgren, Visclosky, Transparency, Politics News

Members of the House ethics committee, who are investigating a pattern of lawmakers steering federal funds to generous defense contractors, have just ...

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American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, House of Representatives, Mike Ross, Congress, Afghanistan, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Bribery, Campaign Finance, Senate, Congressional Fundraising, Chuck Grassley, Health, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Political Corruption, Graft, Healthcare Lobbyists, Fundraising, Health Care, Healthcare, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

Most police officers in America do not require greased-palms for their services. But if one wishes to attend a chicken cordon bleu dinner with Senator Max Baucus of Montana, it will cost him $10,000

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We Have Forgotten How Real Political Change Happens

Johann Hari | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Volunteering, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Global Warming, Politics News
Johann Hari

When you are just one person sitting on a warming planet -- when you see economies collapsing, wars raging, and reasons for fear on every corner -- how should you react?

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Jason Linkins

Health Insurance Stocks Soar On Baucus Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Congress, Max Baucus, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Health Care Industry, Politics News

One of the things that gets obscured by the huge sums of money being spent by lobbyists to degrade, deride, and defuse legislation is that in reality,...

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Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney

Key GOP Senators Soak Up Thousands At Health-Specific Fundraiser

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Party Crasher, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Top Republican senators involved in crafting health care reform legislation participated in a health care-specific fundraiser Monday evening. Guests w...

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