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Health Insurance Companies Want Severe Penalties For People Who Do Not Buy Coverage

The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Lobbyists, Senate Finance Committee, Health CareHealth Care, Low-Income, Alissa Fox, Peter Orszag, Pre-Existing Conditions, Middle Class, Insurance Companies, Mandatory Insurance, Debbie Stabenow, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Health Insurance Companies, Schumer, Penalties, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Karen Ignagni, Individual Mandate, Chuck Schumer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Stabenow, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...

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Frank Rich: Will Lobbyists Defeat Obama's Agenda For Reform?

New York Times | Frank Rich | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrats, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Frank Rich, Politics News

IN the annals of American excess, there often arrives a moment when those with too much money, too much clout and too much hubris just can't stop them...

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Mad Dash For Cash: Members Of Congress Crammed Over 20 Fundraisers Into Last Day Of Quarter

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Lobbyblog, Fundraisers, Politics News

Members of Congress crammed more than 20 fundraisers into the last day of the quarter on Wednesday, according to invitations obtained by the nonpartis...

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Shining Light On County Lobbyists

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lobbyist Sunshine Initiative, David Orr, Bridget Gainer, Cook County Politics, Cook County Lobbyists, Todd Stroger, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Cook County Board, Chicago News

UPDATE: The Lobbyist Sunshine Initiative passed the finance committee unanimously on Thursday. It goes to a full vote at the Board's Oct. 6 meeting. ...

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington

David Sirota | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Democrat Coalition, Wall Street, Bloomberg News, K Street, Roll Call, Lobbyists, Barney Frank, Finance Industry, Lobbying Industry, Democratic Party, Banking Industry, Joseph Crowley, Politics News

In just the first half of 2009, the 15 New Democrats on Financial Services committee "received about $1.9 million in contributions from the finance, insurance and real estate industries."

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WSJ's Thomas Frank Assails WaPo's Coverage Of Lobbyists

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Frank, Lobbying, Media Criticism, Lobbyists, Whore, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Lobbyblog, Washington Post Salons, Thomas Frank Washington Post, Thomas Frank Lobbyists, Inside DC, Politics News

In today's Wall Street Journal, columnist Thomas Frank calls out the Washington Post at length for its fawning, frolicsome coverage of the way lobbyists infect every single corner of Capitol Hill like a lycanthropic plague.

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Obama and the K Street Set

Thomas Frank | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, K Street, Hope, Lobbyists, Tom Daschle, Steve Elmendorf, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Tosca, Politics News

Barack Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration.

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It's Congress: Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands After Hearings

Dave Lindorff | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Political Corruption, Democratic Congress, Lobbyists, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Politics News

I'm reminded of an incident in a bathroom in Europe by the recent efforts in Congress to produce a health care reform bill

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Who Owns Congress?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Bernie Sanders, Big Oil, Health Care, Defense Budget, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Politics News

How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?

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Desperately Seeking Snowe

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Ross, Lobbyists, Corporate Lobbyists, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Politics News

While we've all been having an earnest debate about what should go in the bill and how it should get done, the real fight in Washington has been over who's going to get the corporate money.

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What's The New "K Street"? HuffPost Asked, You Answered

Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Lobbying, Lobbyists, K Street, Lobbyblog, Business News

On Monday, LobbyBlog asked readers to submit new nicknames for the lobbying industry after the Washington Post declared that "K Street" is "soooo Clin...

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Former Lobbyist Nominated -- Again -- To Head CFTC

Mother Jones | Jenna Staul | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, Lobbyists, Senate-Agriculture-Committee, Business News

Mother Jones's Daniel Schulman reports that former GOP aide and lobbyist Scott O'Malia has been nominated once again to head the Commodities Futures T...

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Shedding Sunshine on Cook County Lobbyists

David Orr | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Clerk, Cook County Board, Cook County Politics, Lobbyists, Lobbyist Sunshine Initiative, Bridget Gainer, Todd Stroger, Cook County Lobbyists, Chicago News

There is no reason why we cannot bring our lobbyist records into the 21st Century. We can and should do more to connect the dots between million dollar contracts and lobbyists who stand to profit from their approval.

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Does Anyone in the Healthcare Debate Really Care About Health?

Randall Amster | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Big Pharma, Opportunity, Naturopathic, Lobbyists, Health Insurance, Diet, Stress, Education, Health, Nutrition, Health Care Reform, Food, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Medicine, Healthcare, Economics, Politics, Living News

How many plans in existence today provide coverage for midwives, naturopaths, nutritionists, masseuses, or the like?

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Summers Takes On Consumer Protection Foes

Financial Times | Krishna Guha | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Consumer Protection Agency, Lobbying, Consumer Protection, Lobbyists, Business News

Larry Summers, the top White House economic adviser, on Friday accused financial lobby groups of using "death panel" type scare tactics to try to bloc...

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Health Care Stocks Soar With Release Of Baucus' Reform Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbyists, Lobbying, Max Baucus Proposal, Congress, Baucus Health Care, Politics News, Baucus Insurance Industry, Health Care Industry, Baucus Proposal, Max Baucus, Health Care Reform, Baucus Bill, Baucus Health Care Plan, Max Baucus Bill, Politics News

Max Baucus was paid handsomely (in campaign contributions) by the health care industry to deliver a health care reform bill that only the health care ...

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Scott O'Malia: Obama Appoints Ex-Lobbyist For Enron-Like Company To Top Regulator Position

Mother Jones | David Corn and Daniel Schulman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: California Public Utilities Commision, Mirant, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Maria Cantwell, Lobbyists, George W. Bush, President Obama, Enron, Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, Scott O'malia, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Politics News

During his confirmation hearing last year, Scott O'Malia, a Republican Senate aide nominated to be a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Com...

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Obama Heads To Wall Street To Urge Reform

Washington Post | Brady Dennis | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

President Obama will head to Wall Street on Monday to try to breathe new life into efforts to overhaul the financial regulatory system, an undertaking...

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UnitedHealth Lobbyist Announces Pelosi Fundraiser As She Begins Backing Off Pub Option

David Sirota | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steve Elmendorf, Health Care, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Congress, Unitedhealth, Fundraising, Lobbyists, Politics News

The sequencing here is important: Pelosi makes her announcement and then just hours later, the fundraising invitation goes out. Coincidental? I'm guessing no -- these things rarely ever are.

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The Joe Wilson Congressional Photo Shoot: Being Undermined by National News Again?

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, President Obama, Health Care, Lobbyists, Joe Wilson, You Lie, Politics News

These are desperate times and lobbyists are employed to undermine health care with the help of The Washington Post.

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Charles Pelton Resigns: Washington Post Marketing Executive Resigns After 'Salons' Incident

Washington Post | Paul Farhi | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media

Read More: White House, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Katherine Weymouth, Politics, Wapo Salons, Charles Pelton, Obama, Stephen Hills, Washington Post Salons, Marketing Exec, Pelton Resigns, Journalism, Katharine Weymouth, Washington Post, Newspapers, Weymouth, Media News

The marketing executive at the center of a controversial series of Washington Post-sponsored dinner "salons" has resigned from the newspaper some 10 w...

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Being Concerned about 'the Least of These'

Judith Ellis | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bailout, Viacom, Children, Lobbyists, Foreclosure, Wall Street Banks, Arianna Huffington, Compassion, Gates Foundation, Politics News

When I meet parents and children for the first time who have been foreclosed on, it is the look in the kids' eyes that tell the story of hardship.

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Lawmakers Skip Thursday Hearings To Raise Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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

Now that Congress is back in session, its members are busy with two jobs: Making laws and raising campaign funds. Good government groups insist the tw...

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The Baucus Plan: By Lobbyists, For Lobbyists

Jenna Staul | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill, Robert Gibbs, Senate Finance Committee, Lobbyists, Health Care Reform, Lobbyblog, Wellpoint, Transparency, Business News

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs expressed some annoyance yesterday that lobbyists were clued in to the health care plan proposed by Sen. Max Baucus...

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Baucus Co-Op Plan "Authored" By Ex-Insurance Industry VP

Campaign Silo | Jane Hamsher | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Mike Ross, Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Lobbyists, Healthcare Cooperatives, Kent Conrad, PhRMA Lobby, Max Baucus, American Medical Association, Healthcare Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, Wellpoint, Politics News

When Max Baucus circulated his draft plan earlier this week, the PDF documentation page (image) indicates that the "author" was ex-Wellpoint VP Liz Fo...

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