Bank Lobby Bloodied But Unbowed In Fight Against Consumer Protection
Bloomberg's Yalman Onaran takes a glance at the state of play on the consumer protection front, and sizes up the influence that the banking lobby has ...
Bloomberg's Yalman Onaran takes a glance at the state of play on the consumer protection front, and sizes up the influence that the banking lobby has ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
So, if you happen to have read a recent study by the Center for Responsive Politics and OMB Watch entitled "Lobbyists Terminating Their Federal Regis...
HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...
AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An energy lobbyist who was the subject of an investigation after a former California lawmaker was caught on tape bragging a...
Bob Cesca | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
Issue 2 will amend Ohio's state constitution to create a small regulatory panel to oversee all of Ohio's livestock. Corporate agribusinesses love the idea, but family farms will be crushed.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.30.2009 | Business
The Center for Responsive Politics examines the all-too-common road from Capitol Hill to K Street -- of the 44 lawmakers to leave Congress midterm, 16...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics
On last night's Rachel Maddow Show, she focused attention on two lobbying firms that have recently taken a turn in the baleful eye of the spotlight: s...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
Obama thundered he was the only candidate who didn't take a dime from Washington lobbyists. He hadn't taken a dime directly from them, but the favored few wealthy donors who don't have an L scribbled on their backside.
AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Looking to build pressure on moderate Democrats, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it will begin airing new TV ads in seven states ...
Don McNay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
If anyone has ever dreamed of being an office holder, 2010 is the year to do it. There are going to be several situations where voters elect a complete unknown, just to express their anger about the incumbent.
AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Florida Democrat who said Republicans want sick people to "die quickly" is apologizing again for his inflammatory rhetoric, thi...
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a civil complaint on Monday against members of a liberal activist group who staged a news confer...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
The Hill reports that the biggest fundraiser for Senate Democrats this fall also plays an influential role in the health care industry. Ken Raske, pr...
The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Washington luminaries raised glasses in honor of lobbyist Tony Podesta, who celebrated his 65th birthday on Friday night with a party at the National ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business
As the American Bankers Association gathers for its annual convention in Chicago amid hundreds of protesters, and sets off to kill or at least defang ...
Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...
Bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant and Lizzie O’Leary | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business
Citigroup Inc., which has yet to repay $45 billion in federal assistance, has more lobbyists than any other company who registered to try to shape leg...
Richard Trumka | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
We're gathering outside the American Bankers Association meeting to demand reform that will allow us to rebuild our communities, our lives and the real economy. We've got a lot to rebuild.
Wall Street Journal | BRODY MULLINS and T.W. FARNAM | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
Some of the biggest Wall Street firms are back in the political-spending game after hunkering down while they were getting government bailout funds....
ProPublica | Olga Pierce | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Four years ago, a group of lawmakers and aides crafted Medicare Part D, the prescription drug program for seniors that has produced billions of dollar...
Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
If the Democrats cannot show that the existing arrangement constitutes a raid of the public treasury, do not expect them to do so on the much more complicated issues of credit swap controls.
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
There sure is a lot of effort going into discrediting an organization that is, in fact, only a little to the left of the "mainstream" pro-Israel organizations.
Washington Post | Binyamin Appelbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
Large banks are on the verge of losing a key legislative battle over the shape of financial reform, an unusual setback that reflects the continued pol...
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business
The Washington Post reports that law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough has dropped its effort to secure a lobbying contract with the pariah regi...
Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics
Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business