In today’s Politico, Chris Frates reports on how some lobbyists now apparently feel like they’re being shuttled there instead of... View Article
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FACEBOOK EXPANDS LOBBYING PRACTICE —Sunlight: “Last week The Hill reported on the ever-expanding lobbying footprint of Facebook in Washington. The... View Article
Continue readingFacebook Hires Top Democratic Lobbying Firm
Last week The Hill reported on the ever-expanding lobbying footprint of Facebook in Washington. The company hired the lobbying firm... View Article
Continue readingDefend the Capitol from Lobbyists – with Snowballs!
Sadly, the snow DC got yesterday has pretty much already melted, but if you haven’t yet, go throw some snowballs!... View Article
Continue readingAn Honor to Receive Government Technology Award
It is an honor to be among the twenty-five recipients of Government Technology’s award for ‘Doers, Dreamers & Drivers in... View Article
Continue readingThe Politics of Mother’s Milk
You may have heard the old adage that “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” but money also has a... View Article
Continue readingSunrise (2/23/11)
US COMPANIES LOBBIED TO KEEP LIBYAN MARKET OPEN FOR BUSINESS —Sunlight: “According to lobbying disclosure reports, fifteen companies and two... View Article
Continue readingU.S. Companies Lobbied To Keep Libyan Market Open For Business
On October 5, 2008 U.S. and Libyan business leaders met with Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary Israel Hernandez as he... View Article
Continue readingGood, But Not Sufficient.
Citizen’s United opened the door for corporate spending and when Target decided to flex their new political muscle, it blew up in... View Article
Continue readingToy industry wants to put kibosh consumer database
The toy industry is pushing to weaken the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in part by defunding a new database scheduled to launch next month that would allow consumers to go online and report an incident with a product they think is unsafe, reports the New York Times.
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R., Kansas, attached an amendment (H.Amdt.159) to the House appropriations bill last week that would prohibit any funds be used for the database.
“I’m an engineer. I love data. But I know what people put online...I think this is a plaintiff’s bar dream," Pompeo ...
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