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Sun. November 30, 2008

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The PIC said it will not take contributions from corporations, political action committees, current federally registered Lobbyists, non-US citizens or ...
Lobbyists often provide their clients with detailed biographies of committee members, listing their interests and the questions they are likely to ask. ...
"There are 70000 Lobbyists in Washington - 70 for each member of Congress. Rest assured. Those Lobbyists are not thinking about the folks in Dothan, ...
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, ...

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 ...
One thing seems certain: Legislators will do what they can during budget-cutting exercises to protect the interests of favored Lobbyists. For instance? ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Under pressure from industry lobbyists, three of the seven commissioners are leaning against the change, three are leaning toward it and one is undecided, ...
I propose a 15 percent value added tax on Lobbyists who try to influence public policy, regardless of whom they represent -- for profit companies, ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
And right now, at the behest of powerful Lobbyists, lawmakers have embarked upon another misadventure with millions of taxpayer dollars - they're attempting ...
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 ...
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, ...
WASHINGTON -- The lines of communication between automakers' Washington offices and President-elect Barack Obama's transition team for transportation are ...
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 ...
Yet there are millions like me who do not have Lobbyists or political action committees to bail us out or represent our interests.
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 ...
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 ...
Mr Richard Hall and Mr Alan Deardorff of the University of Michigan wrote in the American Political science Review (2006) that, "Professional Lobbyists are ...
The inaugural committee will be run by co-chairs: former commerce Secretary (and erstwhile lobbyist) William Daley, hotel executive Penny Pritzker, ...
Washington Post Former Abramoff Lobbyists Lose Jobs» Two former congressional aides-turned-Lobbyists with ties to Jack Abramoff lost their jobs in recent ...
In barring Lobbyists from contributing, Mr. Obama is continuing a practice he began with his campaign and applied as well to his transition, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The political blowback was fierce, with Lobbyists, backed by powerful lawmakers, accusing his undersecretary of promoting a "tax on homeownership. ...
Political money in Washington is regulated by the state Public Disclosure Commission, which compiles reports on candidates' and Lobbyists' finances and ...
The move came a few weeks after industry lobbyists met with administration officials. Bush couldn't possibly justify increasing the allowable level, ...
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 ...
For other, less well-known clients, Lobbyists have turned to lawmakers to garner support for their clients in seeking clemency from Bush.
Silvertooth, executive director of the Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing, is among the legion of Lobbyists marching to Capitol Hill in normally ...
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 ...
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 ...
However, as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today, Chambliss has instead used it as a personal fund to ingratiate himself to Lobbyists, reward his ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...

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