–Prime Policy has hired former Massachusetts Rep. Bill Delahunt as a lobbyist to work “advising American companies on strategic opportunities... View Article
Continue readingEgypt’s Lobbyists Worked To Block Pro-Human Rights, Democracy Resolution
New disclosures filed in the past few weeks by Egypt’s lobbying team in Washington shine a light on the activity... View Article
Continue readingEgypt’s Washington Lobbying Operation Continues
On February 2, 2011, in the midst of the revolution in Egypt, the PLM Group, filed a disclosure report with... View Article
Continue readingIndustry Group Launches Astroturf Study On Derivatives Prior to Committee Hearing
The House Financial Services Committee is currently holding a hearing on the implementation of new rules for the trading of... View Article
Continue readingRetirements In Senate Could Affect Revolving Door Lobbyists
Four longtime senators recently announced their retirements from the Senate effective at the end of 2012. This independent living in... 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
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Lobbying at the local level
When lobbyists play the influence game, a lot is at stake. And as our senior writer Paul Blumenthal noted, conflict... 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
Continue readingOCE report on financial reform shows nexus between fundraising and legislating
On Nov. 24, 2009, Sara Conrad, the fundraising consultant for Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., sent an email to Michael Stein, head of government relations for financial services giant Morgan Stanley, inviting him to attend a Dec. 10 fundraising reception for Crowley’s campaign. The email was a follow-up to a prior conversation he had with Crowley’s chief of staff, Kate Winkler, about the Ways and Means Committee member's upcoming campaign events.
Around the same time, Conrad, who worked for Crowley's campaign and not his congressional office, sent several other emails, including similar notes to lobbyists for ...
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