The launch of the 112th Congress means the beginning of another session of lobbying. There are a number of important... View Article
Continue readingEx-congressman revolves to lobbying firm
Former Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) is joining the lobbying firm Alston & Bird after suffering defeat in his bid for... View Article
Continue readingNew lobby shop opens with close ties to new power
The final day of 2010 brought with it the announcement of a new lobbying firm in Washington with a strong... View Article
Continue readingToo Big To Fail: Is the financial sector too big in Washington?
Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, recently penned an op-ed in the New York... View Article
Continue readingLobbyist hired to head key congressional committee
Gary Andres, a lobbyist for Dutko Worldwide, has been hired by incoming chairman Fred Upton to be the staff director... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door: New hires on the Hill
There are numerous reports coming in that new and old members of Congress are hiring lobbyists to work in their... View Article
Continue readingBanking interests strive to get regulations written their way
New meeting records disclosed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) last week show that corporate banking interests, many of which lobbied on the Dodd-Frank Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, continue to weigh in on its implementation by the agency.
On November 9, the same day the agency issued new proposed rules changing the way banks are assessed fees for the exhausted deposit insurance fund, agency officials met with executives from eight banks, insurance companies, trade associations, and law firms on the issue. Institutions represented included the Financial Services Roundtable, Regions Bank, Hartford Financial, and State Street ...
Continue readingFirms severing ties with Wikileaks have multiple interests before feds
A Mashup. The Real Story of Lobbying
Last week, when the American League of Lobbyists announced a new PR offensive to help change the public perception of the profession, including this video, we just couldn’t contain ourselves. Their Lobbying-as-American-as-Mom-and-Apple-Pie PR effort deserved a classic Internet video mashup – one, that in Sunlight-style involves “data jamming” – telling the real story of how lobbyists work to control the Washington agenda:
Post-Congress Careers: Bob Bennett
The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney had an amusing and mostly accurate run-down on where the retiring and defeated senators of... View Article
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