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Lawyers, Guns and Money: A Coup Tests Obama's Will

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

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Mark Weisbrot

Meet Lanny Davis, lobbyist and former legal counsel to Bill Clinton and campaigner for Hillary. He has been hired to represent the dictatorship that ousted President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras.

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

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

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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Obama Manages To Skirt Lobbyists, Barely

New York Times | JEFF ZELENY | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON - When President Obama arrives at the Mandarin Oriental hotel for a Democratic fund-raising reception on Thursday night, the new White Hous...

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Sam Stein

Lobbyists Fight Back: Accuse Obama Of Demonization, Suggest Lawsuit In The Offing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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A strange bedfellows coalition of non-governmental organizations is pushing back hard against one of the Obama administration's most stringent ethics ...

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Obama Imposes Strict New Rules For Stimulus Lobbyists

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says lobbyists pushing for projects in the stimulus package can't utter a word about them to administration ...

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Obama Versus "The Lobbyists"

Bara Vaida | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

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Bara Vaida

While Obama has been railing against lobbyists, he has been hiring lobbyists too. 11 percent of Obama's 267 senior staff and nominees were registered lobbyists in the past five years.

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Obama To Lobbyists: I'm Ready To Fight (VIDEO)

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change heal...

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The Case For Hypocrisy

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

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Stuart Whatley

The Obama administration, at least in some of these cases, should be lauded, not excoriated, for ignoring its own rules.

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Daschle Chief Of Staff Violates New Lobbyist Rule

Politico | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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The new chief of staff to health reform czar Tom Daschle was a lobbyist through late last year and will have to recuse himself from issues he worked t...

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Pentagon No. 2 Could Earn $500K Lobbying Pentagon

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The man nominated to be the Pentagon's second-in-command could make at least a half-million dollars next month with vested stock he...

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Another Lobbyist Headed Into Obama Administration

ABC News | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Despite President Barack Obama's pledge to limit the influence of lobbyists in his administration, a recent lobbyist for investment banking giant Gold...

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William Lynn: Watchdogs Upset Obama Broke His Own Lobbyist Rules

The Hill | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration has waived its ethics rules to allow William Lynn to serve as the deputy secretary of Defense. Senate Armed Services Committ...

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Sam Stein

Obama's Ethics Policy Upsets Would-Be Staffers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

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The decision by Barack Obama to restrict lobbyists from working on the same subject in his administration for two years was greeted with nearly unanim...

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Dozens Of Former Lobbyists Serving On Obama's Transition Team

New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 12.16.2008 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House transition team than any president before him. ...

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Obama Victory's Unintended Impact: Lobbying Boom

Washington Post | Matthew Mosk | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama spent much of his presidential campaign decrying the influence of Washington lobbyists. In the 10 days since he was elected, he already h...

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Sam Stein

New GOP Mail Goes After Obama On Lobbyists, Taxes, And Socialism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

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The anti-Obama mail keeps piling up. A reader forwarded a set of pieces that go after the Illinois Democrat for not, really, being a thorn in the side...

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Daschle for Chief of Staff?

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

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Glenn Hurowitz

Obama's got to ask himself as he considers Daschle for Chief of Staff -- does he want change and success or hypocrisy, capitulation and defeat?

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Biden Rakes In Lobbyist Cash Obama Decries

ABC News | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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The Center for Responsive Politics has a thorough analysis of Sen. Joe Biden's campaign cash intake now that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has selected h...

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Lobbyist Max Cleland Disinvited From Obama Event

Politico | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland was an icon of Sen. John Kerry's 2004 campaign, a badly wounded war hero who lost his seat, Kerry deplored, after a te...

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Obama's Lobbyists Connection

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

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When Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison wanted state lawmakers to back a hefty rate hike two years ago, it took a creative lobbying approach, concoc...

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Former Legislators Turn To Lobbying In Droves

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Lawmakers returning to the Capitol are being welcomed back by some familiar faces: former members whose one-year ban on lobbying their old colleagues ...

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Sam Stein

Campaign Thorns: Obama's NH Lobbyist Vs. Clinton's Lead Paint Spokeswoman

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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During Saturday night's Democratic debate at Saint Anslem's College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Sen. Barack Obama was criticized by his rival Sen. H...

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Clinton Again Hammers Obama On Lobbyist Serving As NH Co-Chair

Time | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Saturday's debate, in the face of an explicit charge from Clinton, Obama denied that his New Hampshire co-chair Jim Demers is a lobbyist for the phar...

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Photo Surfaces Of Obama With Indicted Chicago Lobbyist

Politico | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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I'm sure I'm not the only reporter who gets a steady stream of email from Chicago reform Democrats, grumbling when Obama casts himself as a life-long ...

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Hillary Hits Back At Rivals Over Lobbyist Money

The Huffington Post | Michael Roston | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton has taken fire for weeks over her decision to take money from federal lobbyists, but she hit back during the HuffPost/Yahoo!/Slate Can...

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