Special Interest Groups

Romney's Wrong: States Are More Responsive to Special Interests Than Voters

Peter Scheer | Posted 05.03.2012

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Federalist conservatives love shifting power from the federal government to states because they believe that the closer government is to its citizens, the more responsive it is to those citizens. They could not be more wrong.

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Beyond 9/11: The Global Declaration of Interdependence

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Declaration of Independence, 9/11, Politics, Special Interest Groups, Democrats, World, Republicans, Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, September 11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Coping, World News

We can't get much done by ourselves and so we need to find a way to work together. United we may not succeed, given what humankind had done to the planet, but divided we will most certainly fail.

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Debt Commission Staffers Paid By Outside Groups

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, National Debt, Alan Simpson, Federal Deficit, Social Security, Erskine Bowles, Special Interest Groups, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Medicare, Peter G. Peterson, Debt Commission, Politics News

...Tthe National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has also come under attack for its unusual approach to staffing: Many of its employees...

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Are You the White Man for the Job?

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Santa Claus, Special Interest Groups, Children, Mall Santas, Christmas, Comedy News

Santa Claus is one of the last jobs in America where we can discriminate and have everyone be ok with it. So, don't go ruining our fun by complaining to some overzealous special interest group.

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Interest Groups Celebrate With Congress

The Sunlight Foundation | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Special Interest Groups, Sunlight Foundation, Party, The Source, Wolfgang Puck, House of Energy and Commerce, Hloga, Tastes of the States, American Farm Bureau, Capitol, Wswa, Wine and Spirits Wholesalers, Politics News

The American Farm Bureau has invited every member of Congress to its "Taste of the States" event Tuesday for a stand-up buffet -- just one of the many invite-only parties this holiday season.

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Pelosi's Budget Chairman Faces National Conservative Cash-O-Matic in Tight S.C. Congressional Race

Corey Hutchins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congressional Democrats, Special Interest Groups, John Spratt, Mick Mulvaney, Eyes and Ears, South Carolina, Home News

The two colors streaking across the landscape of America's 2010 midterm elections usually run red and blue, but in South Carolina's 5th District, where 14-term Democratic House Budget Chairman John Spratt is in the fight for his life against a Tea Party-powered political newcomer, the color everyone is talking about these days is bright yellow.

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Why Do Good People Form Bad Corporations?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, Reinhold Niebuhr, Wall Street, Political Contributions, Banks, Obama, Special Interest Groups, Supreme Court. MLK, Religion, Politics News

Reinhold Niebuhr was one of Martin Luther King's favorite theologians. Niebuhr is President Obama's favorite theologian, too. It's too bad the Suprem...

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Baucus And White House Wooed Industry Groups For Support

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 05.25.2011

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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"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 05.25.2011

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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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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

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 05.25.2011

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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