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Heidi DeJong Barsuglia Denies Mike Duvall Affair: Energy Lobbyist Reinstated After Recorded Sex Talk

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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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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Mike Duvall: Recorded Sex Comments Cost California GOP Lawmaker His Job

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A scandal involving a family-values legislator caught boasting about his sexual escapades with his lobbyist mistresses crea...

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Lobbyist Offers Off-The-Record Breakfast With Treasury Official

Washington Post | Al Kamen | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

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So you can't get inside the government to see top officials and discuss the important issues of the day. But even though you can't darken the door of ...

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Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Obama's self-imposed rule against lobbyists in his administration, and the method whereby he is now implementing his progressive agenda, hews toward a rather perverse irony, if not hypocrisy.

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Help NPR Identify The Health Care Lobbyists!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

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If you happened to watch ABC News' prime time show, "Let's Talk About Health Care Reform With The President," you might remember the moment right at t...

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Progressives Call Out Dems' "Hypocritical" Fundraising

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and its counterpart in the House likely thought they were making a big concession by forgoing lobbyists a...

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Getting Warmer

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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While Obama promised an end to the Iraq disaster, he once again left open the door to the United States being trapped in an even more treacherous quagmire in Afghanistan.

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Biden & Palin: Some Debate Prep Advice

Tom Alderman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Thursday night's a biggie. There's a decent chance Biden and Palin will get bigger viewer numbers than the Presidential top dogs did last Friday. This...

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The McCain Gambling Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

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Two really quick thoughts on the NYT article about McCain and gambling. (1) Wes Gullett, one of the key lobbyists in the article, is an old gambling b...

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More Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Please

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Her performance was so strong and so well focused that it would be foolish not to immediately send her out on the campaign trail and/or to as many television interviews as she can squeeze into her schedule.

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Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

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Prebuttal: McCain's Reform Credentials Have Turned to Sand

David Donnelly | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

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The John McCain who fought for campaign finance reform in the past is not the same John McCain speaking tonight. Here's what he'll claim, and what the truth really is.

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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.28.2008 | Media

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McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

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