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CNN
November 30, 2008
Times Online
November 30, 2008
Lobbyists often provide their clients with detailed biographies of committee members, listing their interests and the questions they are likely to ask. ...
Dothan Eagle
November 30, 2008
"There are 70000
Lobbyists in Washington - 70 for each member of Congress. Rest assured. Those
Lobbyists are not thinking about the folks in Dothan, ...
Florida Times-Union
November 30, 2008
He is again introducing a bill that would compel
Lobbyists to tell the truth while appearing before legislative committees. That's fine with Neill Herring, ...
WXVT
November 30, 2008
He's looking at requiring more reporting by
Lobbyists on what they spend. And he wants to end a practice he calls "absentee lobbying," or
Lobbyists allowing ...
Hartford Courant
November 30, 2008
One thing seems certain: Legislators will do what they can during budget-cutting exercises to protect the interests of favored
Lobbyists. For instance? ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger
November 30, 2008
PEER found that state agencies spent a total of $1.29 million to pay
Lobbyists and several universities paid more than $300000 to
Lobbyists over the last ...
NewsOK.com
November 30, 2008
Murphey, R-Guthrie, said he pledged to constituents when he first ran for his House seat in 2006 that he wouldn't accept gifts from Lobbyists. ...
Shreveport Times
November 30, 2008
Bossier and Caddo governments have paid more than $200000 this year for state and federal
Lobbyists, but local
officials say that's pennies compared to ...
Tampa Tribune
November 29, 2008
Under pressure from
industry lobbyists, three of the seven commissioners are leaning against the change, three are leaning toward it and one is undecided, ...
Danbury News Times
November 29, 2008
I propose a 15 percent value added
tax on
Lobbyists who try to influence public policy, regardless of whom they represent -- for profit
companies, ...
Myrtle Beach Sun News
November 29, 2008
No longer would Lobbyists or recent Lobbyists attain position of power and influence in or on his administration, or even in the process of hiring up for it ...
MetroWest Daily News
November 29, 2008
If Obama wants to tackle wasteful spending, farm subsidies would be a great place to take on the power of
politicians,
Lobbyists and interest groups. ...
DeSoto Times Today
November 29, 2008
Back in 1995, records in the secretary of state's office showed that
Mississippi had 482 registered
Lobbyists who spent $3.8 million seeking to influence ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 29, 2008
And right now, at the behest of powerful Lobbyists, lawmakers have embarked upon another misadventure with millions of taxpayer dollars - they're attempting ...
Jackson Sun
November 28, 2008
Obama has banned
Lobbyists from contributing to his transition committee. No one can work on the transition on an issue that has been part of his lobbying ...
Boston Globe
November 28, 2008
And we need our
Lobbyists to be reporting what they do." With state and federal investigators trying to shine light on the
culture at the State House, ...
Automotive News
November 27, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The lines of communication between automakers' Washington offices and President-elect
Barack Obama's transition team for transportation are ...
Knoxville Metro Pulse
November 26, 2008
The smart
Lobbyists, of course, have always been nice to the out-of-power Republicans. They did let the Republicans vote when a bill escaped a committee and ...
New York Times
November 26, 2008
Central Maine Morning Sentinel
November 26, 2008
Just before they get sworn-in for the new legislative session, legislators are throwing fundraisers to try to get a little more money from Lobbyists before ...
Albany Times Union
November 26, 2008
A lobbyist for one of the special interest heavies said that for now, the strategy isn't too different from how it would be if the Senate GOP hadn't lost ...
The Statesman
November 25, 2008
Mr Richard Hall and Mr Alan Deardorff of the University of
Michigan wrote in the American Political
science Review (2006) that, "Professional
Lobbyists are ...
National Journal
November 25, 2008
The inaugural committee will be run by co-chairs: former
commerce Secretary (and erstwhile lobbyist) William Daley, hotel executive Penny Pritzker, ...
Washington Post
November 25, 2008
New York Times
November 25, 2008
In barring Lobbyists from contributing, Mr. Obama is continuing a practice he began with his campaign and applied as well to his transition, ...
Salisbury Post
November 25, 2008
Maybe in her new life outside Congress she'll become an advocate to stop the abuses associated with local governments hiring
Lobbyists to try to outdo each ...
Las Vegas Sun
November 25, 2008
By Mike Trask She's preparing to lead Henderson's lobbying efforts in Carson City. And between now and February, she'll have to build some important new ...
CNNMoney.com
November 24, 2008
The political blowback was fierce, with
Lobbyists, backed by powerful lawmakers, accusing his undersecretary of promoting a "
tax on homeownership. ...
TheNewsTribune.com
November 24, 2008
Political money in Washington is regulated by the state Public Disclosure Commission, which compiles reports on candidates' and Lobbyists' finances and ...
San Francisco Chronicle
November 24, 2008
The move came a few weeks after
industry lobbyists met with administration
officials. Bush couldn't possibly justify increasing the allowable level, ...
TPMMuckraker
November 24, 2008
By Zachary Roth - November 24, 2008, 12:29PM So what did James Hirni and Todd Boulanger -- the former Team Abramoff
Lobbyists now in hot water for plying ...
The Hill
November 24, 2008
For other, less well-known clients,
Lobbyists have turned to lawmakers to garner support for their clients in seeking clemency from Bush.
The Hill
November 24, 2008
Silvertooth, executive director of the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing, is among the legion of
Lobbyists marching to Capitol Hill in normally ...
New York Times
November 24, 2008
By DAVID KIRKPATRICK WASHINGTON - Richard Hunt, a top Republican lobbyist for the securities industry, was among the first to go, just a week after the ...
Ethiopian Review
November 24, 2008
It is no longer going to be business as usual in Washington, DC Barack did not mince his words when he slammed the creepy Lobbyists and influence peddlers ...
Think Progress
November 24, 2008
However, as the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution reports today, Chambliss has instead used it as a personal fund to ingratiate himself to
Lobbyists, reward his ...
Boston Globe
November 24, 2008
Lobbyists in
Massachusetts racked up more than $76 million in lobbying fees between July 2007 and July 2008. And that's just what they reported. ...
The Daily Advance
November 23, 2008
In the intense competition for federal and state grants, many public
officials in fact see hiring
Lobbyists as the only way to ensure they secure their ...
Greensboro News Record
November 23, 2008
Or will his inauguration follow what has become a four-year norm, where
corporations and
Lobbyists pony up huge sums of money to curry favor with the new ...
