Lobbyist

ALEC anti-union push includes key players from Michigan, Arizona think tanks

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: And Economic Development Task Force, Goldwater Institute, Heritage Foundation, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Koch Brothers, ALEC?S Commerce, American Legislative Exchange Council, Insurance, Michigan, Charles Koch Charitable Foundation, Labor, Common Cause, Arizona, Republican Party, Lobbyist, Politics News

By Paul AbowdiWatch NewsThe American Legislative Exchange Council, which backs free-market legislation in the states, has been controversial in part...

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Convergence in the Garden of Government Influence

Gary Hart | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Intergroup, Burson-Marsteller, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Hill & Knowlton, Wpp, Omnicom Group Inc., Lobbyist, Politics News

The influence business is no longer about votes up or down on particular measures that may emerge in Congress or policies made in the White House. This is about setting agendas, deciding what should, and should not, be brought up for hearings and legislation.

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Would You Trust This Man?

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Corruption, Craig Holman, Ellen Miller, Insider Trading, Congress, Jack Abramoff, Video, Lobbying, Lobbyists, K Street, Campaign Finance, Lobbyist, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- He was once the most reviled man in Washington, the latest embodiment of Washington corruption. Now, ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is trying...

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Perry Aides' $3 Million Island Disappears From Web

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: HPV Vaccine, Texas, Mike Toomey, Super Pac, Video, Merck, Lake Winnipesaukee, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, David Carney, Republican Presidential Primary, Rick Perry, Lobbyist, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The super PAC that hopes to spend $55 million on Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's behalf is run by Mike Toomey, a long-tim...

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Let's Get Money Out And Give America Its Government Back

Jimmy Williams | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Campaign Finance Reform, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Get the Money Out, Get Money Out, Campaign Finance, Lobbyist, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News

The Supreme Court continues to insist that corporations are people and that money is speech. I just don't agree. I don't think the Tea Party movement agrees. And I definitely don't think the Occupy Wall Street movement agrees that Exxon is a person.

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Chris Cox's Failed Argument for Forced Concealed Carry

Cliff Schecter | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Florida, Michael Leopold Phillips, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Chris Cox, Concealed Weapon, Florida Sun Sentinel, Congress, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Indianapolis Star, Nra, Tom Davis, Gun Regulations, Lobbyist, Nevada, National Rifle Association, Shelby County, H.R. 822, Concealed Carry, Cliff Schecter, Reciprocity, Live-Fire Instruction, Tennessee, Thune Amendment, Utah, Indiana, Politics News

If you live in a state that has common-sense laws for the issuance of a carry permit, consider that only 35 states require some type of training, certification or time at the firing range to carry a loaded, concealed weapon.

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Rick Perry's K Street Project

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Drew Maloney, Todd Boulanger, Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, Lobbying, K Street Project, Lobbyists, Elections 2012, Revolving Door, Rick Perry, Lobbyist, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In his 2010 book "Fed Up!" Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry explained his displeasure with what he called the spending culture in Washin...

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Former Lobbyists Could Staff 'Super Congress'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.11.2011

WASHINGTON -- With congressional leaders having finalized their selection of the 12-member, bicameral panel designed to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in defi...

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Lobbying in American Politics

Paul Heroux | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: General Electric, Congress, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Exxon Mobil, American Medical Association, Democrats, Nra, Sierra Club, Advocacy, Lobbyist, Republicans, Politics News

When did a politician's campaign cash reserves start to be called a "war chest?" It gives you a sense of what kind of attitude goes into how that money is being used.

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Transparency Or Transparently Corrupt: What Kind Of Government Do We Want?

Cliff Schecter | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Taxpayers for Common Sense, Congress, Aan, New York, Ryan Alexander, paymentaccuracy.gov, Ibm, Olympics, Norm Coleman, Cliff Schecter, City Forward, Democracy, recovery.gov, Winston Churhill, Stimulus, Lobbyist, Exploration, Government, Transparency, Apps.gov, Onvia, data.gov, recovery.org, USAspending.Gov, The Sunlight Foundation, Chicago, The Obama Administration, San Francisco, Technology News

I had a client a few years back named Onvia. Onvia provided better and more timely information than the federal government, regarding where stimulus d...

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No Matter Who Wins the White House in 2012, K Street Still Rules

Jane White | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Slidefreestyle, K Street, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Lobbyist, Slideadbigshot, Politics News

Wonder why we haven't seen any oversight over offshore drilling, the "public option" choice in health care coverage or financial services reform? The business lobby's ownership of Congress.

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Explaining Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Taxes, Social Security, Lobbying, Politicians, Stocks, Congress, Business, Lobbyist, Income Tax, Progressive, Bribe, Tax, Corporations, Capital Gains, Sales Tax, Gulliver, Politics News

The concept of taxes, of course, is pretty easy to explain. Except when you look at it too closely.

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Crisis Of Conscience: Lobbyist For Bahrain, Yemen Loses Top Execs

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dictator Lobbyist, Qorvis, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Qorvis Bahrain, Bahrain Lobbyist, Saudi Arabia Lobbyist, Mideast Lobbying, Lobbyist, Politics News

This story has been updated NEW YORK -- One of Washington's best-known lobbying and public relations firms has been upended in the wake of the turm...

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Banksy's Wife Revealed?

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Parliament, Robin Gunningham, British Parliament, Daily Mail, Street Art, Graffiti, Joy Millward, London, Banksy, Lobbyist, Arts News

Working happily at her laptop, she looks like just another unremarkable young professional. But this is the first picture of Joy Millward, the very...

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Senate Ethics Committee Lawyers Go To Las Vegas For John Ensign Investigation

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Republican Party, John Ensign, Senate, Cynthia Hampton, Lobbying, Las Vegas, Republican, Gop, Nevada, Ethics Committee, Doug Hampton, Lobbyist, Politics News

LAS VEGAS — Attorneys for the Senate Ethics Committee were in Las Vegas questioning executives from Nevada companies and others about U.S. Sen. ...

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Cory Gardner Slammed By Rachel Maddow For BP Fundraiser

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobbyist, Joe Barton, Bp, Betsy Markey, Rachel Maddow, Cory Gardner, Video, Denver News

Just when Cory Gardner thought the frenzy over his soiree with BP Lobbyist was over, Rachel Maddow weighs in. On Thursday night's program, the MSNBC ...

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Jack Abramoff Out Of Prison: Disgraced Lobbyist Heads To Halfway House

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, White House, Prison, Lobbying, Lobbying Firms, George W. Bush, Halfway House, Casino, Jail, Release Date, Bob Ney, Lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, Politics News

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Disgraced Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been released from prison to a halfway house in the mid-Atlantic region, the F...

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Peter Roberson, Bank Lobbyist Turned House Staffer, Is Heading Back To K Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street, House Financial Services, Financial Services Committee, Revolving Door, Intercontinental Exchange, Lobbyist, Bma, Peter Roberson, Politics News

When the House worked on financial regulatory reform legislation last year, 16 of the Financial Services Committee staffers -- 12 of them Democrats --...

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John Ensign Emails Show Senator Sought Lobbying Work For Doug Hampton, Ex-Lover's Husband

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lobbying, Bob Andrews, Lobbying Work, Fbi, Nevada, Senate Ethics Committee, Lobbyist, Senate, John Ensign, Cynthia Hampton, Las Vegas, Ensign, Republican, Gop, Doug Hampton, Emails, Greg Paulk, Ethics Violation, Republicans, P2sa, Politics News

WASHINGTON — E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbyi...

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Banning Earmarks

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Earmark Ban, Eric Massa, John McCain, Pentagon, House, Lobbying, Corporation, Budget, Democrat, Mccain, Congress, Democrats, Lobbyist, Republican, Pelosi, Earmarks, Chris Weigant, For Profit, Bidding War, Ethics, Nancy Pelosi, Obey, Norm Dicks, Senate, David Obey, Massa, Earmark, Politics News

It's more fun to watch Massa's implosion on nationwide television, but we shouldn't allow this to distract us from what could shape up this year as a contest between Democrats and Republicans over who can denounce earmarks the loudest.

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Bill Halter, Blanche Lincoln's Primary Opponent, Promises Never To Become A Lobbyist

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Revoling Door, Bill Halter, Lobbying, Lobbyists, K Street, Lobbyblog, Blanche Lincoln, Lobbyist, Politics News

Bill Halter, the lieutenant governor campaigning against Sen. Blanche Lincoln in the Arkansas Democratic primary, announced Tuesday that he has never ...

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Billy Tauzin Leaving Pharma: Top Lobbyist For Drugmakers Stepping Down

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The head of the influential trade association for drug manufacturers announced Thursday night that he is leaving his job. The deve...

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My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Tea Party, Lobbyists, Progressives, Al Franken, Secession, Reform, Mccain, Alan Grayson, Awards, Farrah Fawcett, Steele, Arianna Huffington, Death Panel, Sarah Palin, Turncoat of the Year, Enough Already, Emanuel, Surge, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Argentina, Single Payer, Sotomayor, Rick Perry, Turncoat, Teabagger, Statue of Liberty, Health Care, Michael Steele, Public Option, Democrat, Sanford, Democrats, Biden, 2009, Barack Obama, Progressive, Rahm Emanuel, Health, Sonia Sotomayor, Best Comeback, Appalachian Trail, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Farrah, Worst Politician, Healthcare, Under the Bus, Nude Hiking Day, Mark Sanford, President, President Obama, Bill Owens, Cheney, Kate Jackson, Filibuster, Secede, Democratic, Obama, Iraq, Vitter, Most Original Thinker, Fair, Grayson, Republican, Lieberman, New Yorker, Atul Gawande, Mclaughlin, Clinton, Bummest Rap, Inauguration, Farrah Fawcett Majors, Most Stagnant Thinker, Most Defining Political Moment, Arlen Specter, Bill Clinton, Teleprompter, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Wall St, Specter, Biggest Loser, Franken, Person of the Year, Most Boring, McLaughlin Group, Texas, Worst Lie, Capitalist of the Year, Lobbyist, Poster, Swimsuit, Best Photo Op, Arianna, Wall Street, Biggest Winner, Chris Weigant, Gawande, Palin, Best Politician, Charlie's Angels, Under a Bus, Medicare, Afghanistan, Fairest Rap, Pu-Litzer, Politics News

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

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Heidi DeJong Barsuglia Denies Mike Duvall Affair: Energy Lobbyist Was Subject Of Recorded Sex Talk

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging a...

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Why Is The AMA President Lying (Again)?

Dr. Daniel Palestrant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Effort, Ama President, Physicians, Appeal, Lobbying, Medical Liability, Litigation, Formula, Liability, Lobbyist, Malpractice, Fix, Ama, Bills, Massachusetts, Medicine, Healthcare, Health, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Dr. Rohack tries to spin the fact that the AMA's failure to achieve their two biggest goals, tort reform and repeal of the SGR formula were in fact victories. He is not including two critical pieces of information.

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