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Sold Out: How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America »
Posted by: jovial 8 months ago in Business & Finance
The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists ...
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Lobbyists Hide Behind Non-Profit Fronts »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Lobbying in Washington is taking a new turn. A growing number of lobbying firms are setting up non-profit front groups to push their corporate messages ...
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McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort »
Posted by: Aidenag 1 year 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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Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel »
Posted by: engineer 8 months, 1 week ago in Political News
President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education ...
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How Drug-Industry Lobbyists Got Their Way on Health Care »
Posted by: Progressive 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Health & Fitness
Drugmakers could get quite a gift from the health care reform bill. Senate and House amendments passed this summer give the makers of biologics—next-generation ...
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Warning: Health Care Lobbyists Are Winning the Battle to Screw All of Us »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Lobbyists sense that their chances of protecting big insurers, drug companies, medical specialties, technology companies are improving.
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Warning: Health Care Lobbyists Are Winning the Battle to Screw All of Us »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Lobbyists sense that their chances of protecting big insurers, drug companies, medical specialties, technology companies are improving.
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Health Insurers Threaten Rate Hikes »
Posted by: ameliog 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
Though looking forward to millions of new customers who would be compelled by the U.S. government to buy health insurance, the insurance industry is ...
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Lobbyists Pressing U.S. House Today to Allow Stimulus Recips to Hire Illegal »
Posted by: RedRiverJ 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
When it comes to immigration, we are living in a Wild West culture in which the outlaws feel free to strut down the street and ...
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BIG PIMPIN WASHINGTON STYLE »
Posted by: pc25 4 months, 1 week ago in News
We’ve long argued that the national media has been in the bag for Barack Obama, but we didn’t realize that the Washington Post ...
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Capitol Hill: Parties all the time »
Posted by: jovial 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
ANP senior producer Harry Hanbury set out to visit every Congressional fundraising party on Capitol Hill in a single day. He met a cast of ...
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On Day One, Obama Sets a New Tone »
Posted by: engineer 9 months, 2 weeks ago in News
President Obama moved swiftly on Wednesday to impose new rules on government transparency and ethics, using his first full day in office to freeze the ...
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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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Homeless stand in for lobbyists on Capitol Hill »
Posted by: ameliog 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Maria Foscarinis, an advocate for the homeless, thinks it's ironic that some of the most powerful people in the country are using some of ...
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Who's Been Visiting Obama? White House Guest Records Show Celebs, Lobbyists and More - The Jakarta Globe »
Posted by: FairNBalanced 5 days, 18 hours ago in News
Celebrities Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and Denzel Washington, prominent Democratic fundraisers and heavyweights from the financial services and high-tech industries were among those landing visits ...
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