ETHICS COMMITTEE OKAYS THIN LINE BETWEEN CAMPAIGN AND CONGRESS —Paul Singer: “The House Ethics Committee issued a report last month... View Article
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Is It Whom You Know or What You Know? And Empirical Assessment of the Lobbying Process. — SSRN Jonathan Chait... View Article
Continue readingFreshman Hires Former Senator Turned Lobbyist As Chief of Staff
Newly minted Rep. Chip Cravaack has hired former Sen. Rod Grams as his chief of staff. Grams served the state... View Article
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CALIFORNIA TREASURER SEEKS LOBBYING MONEY BACK FROM BANKS —DJW: “California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer Tuesday moved to recoup taxpayer money... View Article
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Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Daniel Inouye announces a two-year moratorium on earmarks. Both the House and Senate have enacted earmark... View Article
Continue readingFormer Michigan Congressman Joins Lobbying Firm
The lobbying firm Dickstein Shapiro announced the hiring of former Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) to its Washington team. Hoekstra will... View Article
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ARAB WORLD LOBBYING —Sunlight: “The Egyptian government’s lobbyists made the third most reported lobbying contacts of all Arab nations during... View Article
Continue readingThe Arab World’s 2010 Lobbying Contacts
The world’s focus has been rightly been focused on the ongoing revolt in Egypt. That has brought some attention to... View Article
Continue readingAnother Day, Another Revolver
Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) has joined Prime Policy Group, a top Washington lobbying firm. According to Roll Call: The... View Article
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The new Ethics Committee chairman thinks that the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) is worthless, but congressmen kept it... View Article
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