Although our modern lives present many irreducible questions — nature vs. nurture, liberty vs. security, funny vs. good-looking — a... View Article
Continue readingChamber of Commerce meets with CFTC chairman
Yesterday a lobbyist and executives representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has criticized the whistleblower provisions in the Dodd-Frank financial law, met with Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to discuss the issue.
Under the new law, the CFTC is given the authority to award whistleblowers 10 to 30 percent of the amount recovered when information they provide leads to an enforcement action yielding sanctions of $1 million or more. They can also file for relief if they face retaliation for their disclosures.
"Put simply, the proposed rule creates a set of ...
Continue readingHow Revolving Door Rules Apply to Hollywood’s New Top Lobbyist
Despite vowing not to become a lobbyist after retiring from a long Senate career Chris Dodd officially became Hollywood’s top... View Article
Continue readingPopping the White House Visitor Logs Bubble
In today’s Politico, Chris Frates reports on how some lobbyists now apparently feel like they’re being shuttled there instead of... 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 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 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 readingTop financial regulators meets with industry leaders, lobbyists
Elizabeth Warren, who has been charged with setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, reported more meetings with individuals outside the government in December than any other Treasury official working on implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial law.
Warren, who also played an advisory role to the bank bailout oversight committee, reported 15 such meetings with a total of 204 different individuals representing a wide range of interests, from Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, to representatives of financial trade associations, to those from a long list of consumer groups, such as Consumer Federation of America and the Center ...
Continue readingObama’s Tech Companies Lobbying & Campaign Contributions
President Obama is sitting down tonight with a number of top Silicon Valley executives to discuss “innovation.” Or is this... View Article
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