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Baucus And White House Wooed Industry Groups For Support

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

Read More: PhRMA Lobby, Health Care Reform, Special Interest Groups, Lobbyblog, US Chamber of Commerce, Sen-Max-Baucus, The White House, Healthy Economy Now, Corporate Backed Health Reform, Americans for Stable Quality Care, Business News

Politico reports that the White House and Sen. Max Baucus helped create a corporate-backed health reform campaign by fostering a relationship with ind...

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Bogged Down By Special Interest, Health Care Reform Becomes a Political Tool Instead of a People's Right

Dr. Erika Schwartz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Cinergy, Big Pharma, Town Hall Debate, Obama Healthcare, Healthcare System, Healthy Lifestyle, Universal Healthcare, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Pharmaceutical Industry, Primary Care, Special Interest Groups, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Dr. Erika Schwartz

Do not allow America to continue being manipulated by special interest groups and help the people of America understand that they must control their own fate.

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Want to Work 112 Days a Year? Run For Congress

Jonathan Neil Schneider | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Michael Jackson, Pharmaceutical Industry, Congress, Health Care, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, U.S. Congress, Special Interest Groups, Politics News
Jonathan Neil Schneider

Until members of Congress fear our vote more than the special interests dollars, whatever healthcare reform comes out of Washington will unfortunately favor their interests and not ours.

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Sir Knavely and the Great Stimulus Package

Steven Denlinger | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veteranarian, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, Lebanon, American, Tiger's Milk, Ptsd, Dick Cheney, Republican, Movie Producer, Reagan, Israel-Hezbollah War, Stimulus Package, Financial Crisis of 2008, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, Special Interest Groups, Red Herring, Senate Majority Leader, Sir Knavely, Karl Rove, Saddam, Democrat, Death, Libertarian, Barack Obama, Sunset Blvd, Socrates, Rahm Emanuel, Iraq War, Harry Reid, Economy, Dockers, Politics News
Steven Denlinger

"I'm bitter," Sir Knavely told me. He raised his glass and drank. His furry chin went deep into his Tiger's Milk. Then he set it down. "Why are ...

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Let President-Elect Obama Stay in His Own Lane

Jermaine Dupri | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Celebrities Talk Politics, Jermaine Dupri, Special Interest Groups, Barack Obama, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Jermaine Dupri

It's Obama's own party that's pulling the guy every which way, like some whacked out back seat driver. "Turn left! No! Go straight ahead! What are you doing?!?" Everybody thinks he owes them and they're hell bent on trying to collect.

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Civil War in the Anti-War Movement

John Bruhns | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Veteran, Anti War Veterans, John McCain 2008, Anti-War Movement, Special Interest Groups, Iraq War Funding, Anti-War Groups, Iraq, Politics News
John Bruhns

It has been impossible to organize legitimate protests against the Iraq war without commingling other agendas.

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Are the Conventions Worth 32 Cents?

Jay Mandle | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Breaking Politics News, Special Interest Groups, Public Financing, Republican Convention, Federal Election Commission, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Jay Mandle

Party conventions are not supposed to be privately financed. Political conventions have, in short, become one more way that inequality is built into our political system.

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

Time | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton New Hampshire, New Hampshire Primary, Democratic Primary, Lobbyists, Barack Obama New Hampshire, John Edwards, Special Interest Groups, 2008 Election, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama Lobbyists, John Edwards New Hampshire, Politics News

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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