PENTAGON PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO MILITARY CONTRACTORS —New York Times: “At the Cowen & Company military industry investment conference on Wednesday,... View Article
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What to expect in 2012: $88 million of Koch. — Politico Legislative branch spending finds a defender. — Roll Call... View Article
Continue readingSecret Holds Still Sort Of Secret
The Senate released a memo today detailing how the Senate will recognize and disclose secret holds after changing the rules... View Article
Continue readingProposed Policies To End Fannie, Freddie Stem From Lobbying Prohibition
This week the Obama administration released three different plans to end or vastly shrink the role of the government in... View Article
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PRESIDENT OPPOSES OWN TRANSPARENCY —Pogo: “[Yesterday], the Obama Administration vacated a proposal to enhance contract transparency. The proposal would have... View Article
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Chamber of Commerce hiring hackers for dirty tricks. — Think Progress They’re still convicting people for Jack Abramoff-related crimes. —... View Article
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LOW CORPORATE TAX RATES AIDED BY LOBBYING —Sunlight: “NextEra Energy is one of six energy companies that pay less than... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists help lower corporate tax rates for companies investing in alternative energy
The alternative energy heavy NextEra Energy already had six different firms helping it lobby on tax policy when it brought... View Article
Continue readingElection Law Getting Interested In Lobbying Reform
An important piece from Heather Gerken: Lobbying has been neglected by most people who write in the field (including me).... View Article
Continue readingDodd May Become Lobbyist
After promising that he would not become a lobbyist rumors are swirling that former Sen. Chris Dodd is in negotiations... View Article
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