A coalition of environmental advocates has launched a letter writing campaign directed at government officials who intervened in a dispute between Renco Group and its Doe Run Peru subsidiary and the government of Peru. The campaign came after the Sunlight Foundation reported that Renco had hired eight former government officials in less than three months to lobby on its behalf.
Two members of Congress, House Financial Services chairman Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., and Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., wrote letters to executive branch officials summarizing Renco Group's position in the dispute with Lima. The letters request that the U.S ...
Continue readingLobbyists move into unlimited money territory
Jeffery Scott Bensing, a registered lobbyist and former Chief of Staff to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., filed paperwork in January with the Federal Election Commission to create the Freedom Path Action Network, a new independent expenditure only committee.These committees--also known as Super PACs because they can raise unlimited funds from any source and spend it to support or oppose federal candidates--played critical roles in some races in the 2010 mid-term elections.
Through his firm, SB Strategic Consulting, Bensing's represents a small group of clients from varying industries including the online travel site Expedia.com. On behalf of these ...
Continue readingNuclear Industry Lobbying: Data
The New York Times ran a story today on the nuclear industry’s lobbying efforts over the past decade to revive... View Article
Continue readingFormer Ensign Aide Indicted On Lobbying Ban Violation
The Justice Department just indicted Doug Hampton, a former aide to Sen. John Ensign, for lobbying Ensign’s office prior to... View Article
Continue readingNuclear Industry Lobbyists Battle Fallout From Japan Reactor Crisis
In his final State of the Union address President Jimmy Carter dedicated five paragraphs to a discussion of nuclear energy... View Article
Continue readingBahrain’s PR Team
As winter has turned to a democratic spring in the Arab world, the Kingdom of Bahrain has found itself swept... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists, Lobbying Disclosure, Lobbying Reform, and “Washington’s Lobbying Fix”
Lobbyists, lobbying disclosure, and lobbying reform were the topics of an Advisory Committee on Transparency panel discussion this past Monday... View Article
Continue readingPhotos from Today’s ACT Event
The committee room before the full crowd arrived. The Advisory Committee on Transparency‘s event earlier today was a huge success... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door Update
–Former Rep. Steve Buyer registered his first client with his own eponymous lobbying practice. Last week his firm, Steve Buyer... View Article
Continue readingCongress’ Ludicrously Lax Employment Negotiation Rules
On Friday the chief of staff to the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure left his post... View Article
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