Fiscal cliff, elections are boon for lobbyists
Congress’ fiscal cliff fiasco, a flurry of lame duck legislation and election-season politics drove some of the nation’s most powerful … Continue reading → The post Fiscal cliff, elections are boon for...
View ArticleHundreds of private lobbyists earning public pensions in 20 states
As a lobbyist in New York’s statehouse, Stephen Acquario is doing pretty well. He pulls down $ 204,000 a year, … Continue reading → The post Hundreds of private lobbyists earning public pensions in 20...
View ArticleWhite House loosens restrictions on lobbyists
By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is loosening restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal … Continue reading → The post White House loosens restrictions on...
View ArticleArmed with powerful lobbyists, union stonewalls liquor privatization in...
If you want to buy booze in Pennsylvania, you’ll likely do it the way your great grandparents did. Full Story … Continue reading → The post Armed with powerful lobbyists, union stonewalls liquor...
View ArticleAs deadline nears on transportation bill, Capitol Hill lobbyists make...
Congress is racing toward a Friday deadline to renew the law that pays for national transportation programs, and lobbyists trying … Continue reading → The post As deadline nears on transportation bill,...
View ArticleManafort helped funnel money to US lobbyists from pro-Putin Ukrainian party,...
Donald Trump’s campaign chairman helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $ 2.2 million in payments … Continue reading → The post Manafort helped funnel money to US...
View ArticleAides urged Hillary to take cash from lobbyists: emails
Top Hillary Clinton aides agreed that she should accept political donations from lobbyists working for repressive foreign governments, hacked emails … Continue reading → The post Aides urged Hillary to...
View ArticleTrump transition team packed with Washington insiders, lobbyists
Panel members’ resumes indicate plans to restrict abortion, curb consumer protections, dismantle environmental regulations, privatize government Full Story Via The … Continue reading → The post Trump...
View ArticleLobbyists are spending less money in Albany
ALBANY – Lobbyists spent $ 10.7 million less to peddle their influence in New York State in the first six … Continue reading → The post Lobbyists are spending less money in Albany appeared first on...
View ArticlePence removing lobbyists from Trump transition team
Lobbyists are being purged from official roles in President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, sources told Fox News late Tuesday. Full … Continue reading → The post Pence removing lobbyists from...
View ArticleWhat de Blasio could learn from Trump about handling lobbyists
Heading into his re-election year, Mayor de Blasio still hasn’t managed to keep his promises to be open about the … Continue reading → The post What de Blasio could learn from Trump about handling...
View ArticleA reckoning for Ellison on Zionism – and a test for its lobbyists
Ellison has convinced many of his colleagues, with whom he has personally worked over several years, that he is sufficiently … Continue reading → The post A reckoning for Ellison on Zionism – and a...
View ArticleIDF slams ‘interference’ of external rabbis, lobbyists over religious issues...
One issue in particular that has roused the ire of some rabbis in the religious-Zionist community is the recent decision … Continue reading → The post IDF slams ‘interference’ of external rabbis,...
View ArticleLobbyists fearful of losing their jobs with Trump in office
What’s the most endangered profession today? Besides newspapers, I mean. I’d say it has to be Washington lobbying. Every time … Continue reading → The post Lobbyists fearful of losing their jobs with...
View ArticleDon’t let the lobbyists derail the law to ban binary options
Op-Ed: Proponents of the widely fraudulent industry are quietly trying to thwart law-enforcement’s long-overdue move to close it down Full … Continue reading → The post Don’t let the lobbyists derail...
View ArticleColumn One: The PLO’s most powerful lobbyists
When they lobby for the PLO and against moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem they cross the line into gross … Continue reading → The post Column One: The PLO’s most powerful lobbyists appeared first on...
View ArticleLetting the lobbyists run City Hall
It’s now obvious why Mayor de Blasio tried to classify mega-lobbyist James Capalino as an “agent of the city” to … Continue reading → The post Letting the lobbyists run City Hall appeared first on News...
View ArticleWill Eye Care Lobbyists Retain Their Consumer Rights Loophole?
Lobbyists are still making gains in President Donald J. Trump’s Washington Full Story Via Opinion – The Daily Caller … Continue reading → The post Will Eye Care Lobbyists Retain Their Consumer Rights...
View ArticleEx-Trump aide Flynn goes to work for pro-Israel lobbyists who aided Qatar
Former national security adviser now facing trial gets job with Stonington Global LLC, run by pair who tried to woo … Continue reading → The post Ex-Trump aide Flynn goes to work for pro-Israel...
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