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RSSTag : lobbying (176)
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Firms That Got Bailout Money Keep Lobbying »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The financial giant Bank of America says it is no longer lobbying the federal government about its unfolding bank bailout. After receiving $45 billion in ...
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Firms That Got Bailout Money Keep Lobbying »
Posted by: Beau7890 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
The financial giant Bank of America says it is no longer lobbying the federal government about its unfolding bank bailout. After receiving $45 billion in ...
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Bailed-out firms spend millions on lobbying »
Posted by: pagey 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Top recipients of federal bailout money spent more than $10 million on political lobbying in the first three months of this year, including aggressive efforts ...
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McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort »
Posted by: Aidenag 8 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The Washington lobbyist John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ...
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Lobbying boosted as health care debate heats up »
Posted by: altnrg 3 weeks, 6 days ago in Health & Fitness
The largest medical insurers and drug companies spent 41% more on lobbying this year as Congress began debate on an overhaul of health care, which ...
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Legal Bribes: How Wall Street Bought Washington | Politicususa »
Posted by: capj71 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
A new report released by Essential Information and the Consumer Education Foundation found that Wall Street invested more than $ 5 billion over the past decade ...
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Top bailed-out firms have money for lobbying »
Posted by: rumple4skin 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top 10 recipients of the government's $700 billion financial bailout spent about $9.5 million on federal lobbying during the first ...
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Obama Starts Reversing Bush Policies »
Posted by: Beau7890 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Obama moved swiftly yesterday to begin rolling back eight years of his predecessor's policies, ordering tough new ethics rules and preparing to issue ...
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Track The Lobbyist Money That Bankrolls McCain's Campaign »
Posted by: Aidenag 11 months, 1 week ago in News
When it comes to tracking the lobbyists and companies who either work for or have contributed to John McCain's presidential campaign, now you can ...
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Even in Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight Against Rules »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
As the financial crisis entered one of its darkest phases in October, a handful of the nation's largest banks began holding daily telephone sessions ...
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Why So Scared of a Public Plan? »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 4 weeks ago in Political News
Private insurance has strengths as well as weaknesses, but there is no doubt that a new public plan, alongside Medicare, would become an essential yardstick-as ...
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McCain's Lobbyists Raked In $1 Billion From U.S. Clients, Study Says »
Posted by: Aidenag 11 months ago in News
The non-partisan group Campaign Money Watch has come up with another startling figure for those who follow the presidential money chase. According to an analysis ...
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GM Spent $2.8 Million on Lobbying in Quarter While on U.S. Aid »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
April 21 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp ., surviving on
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$13.4 billion in government aid, spent $2.8 million on lobbying
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Companies hire hundreds of ex-lawmakers, aides to influence legislation »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 days, 12 hours ago in Health & Fitness
WASHINGTON - The nation's largest insurers, hospitals and medical groups have hired more than 350 former government staff members and retired members of Congress in ...
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The health care industry tips its hand - Patrick Hahn - Open Salon »
Posted by: RyanEnglish 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Health & Fitness
Poker players call it the “tell” – a subtle, nonverbal signal that your opponent is holding a really good hand – or a really bad one. Recently ...
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