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Firms That Got Bailout Money Keep Lobbying »
Posted by: engineer 10 months 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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Cheney's Daughter Starts Firm Of Her Own »
Posted by: Beau7890 1 month, 1 week ago in Political News
Mary Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and the sister of go-to Obama critic Liz Cheney, is leaving the political consulting firm ...
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Firms That Got Bailout Money Keep Lobbying »
Posted by: Beau7890 10 months 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 7 months 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 1 year, 1 month 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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New Beck Video: ACORN Employee " names names of politicians she talks to each day, plus what bills they are lobbying heavily for »
Posted by: pc25 2 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Oh, and BTW this Acorn employee a former hooker herself, admits to killing husband"
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Glenn Beck has this:
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Lobbying boosted as health care debate heats up »
Posted by: altnrg 5 months, 1 week 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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Obama Administration Pushes Back at Bank Lobbying on Regulation »
Posted by: engineer 1 month ago in Business & Finance
White House officials say they are growing frustrated that the banking industry is fighting President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul financial regulations after taxpayer ...
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Legal Bribes: How Wall Street Bought Washington | Politicususa »
Posted by: capj71 8 months, 3 weeks 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 7 months 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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Insurers admit 50,000 employees lobbying Congress to claim profits fair »
Posted by: ameliog 3 months ago in News
A spokesman for America’s Health Insurance Plans, the industry’s trade group, admitted in an article published Monday that as many as 50,000 ...
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Even in Crisis, Banks Dig In for Fight Against Rules »
Posted by: Progressive 5 months, 3 weeks 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 5 months, 2 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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Obama Starts Reversing Bush Policies »
Posted by: Beau7890 10 months 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 1 year, 3 months 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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