More than a million spectators gathered before the Capitol on a frosty January afternoon to witness the inauguration of Barack... View Article
Continue readingMike Stern Uncovers “Treasury’s Lobbying Loopholes”
Mike Stern has found some answers to the question of how, and on what terms, did “Mark Patterson, the former... View Article
Continue readingNew Batch of White House Visitor Logs Released
Last Friday, the White House released a new batch of visitor logs covering last October, fulfilling a pledge they made... View Article
Continue readingDisclose Lobbying Contacts to Reduce Distrust
It’s time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my Administration or... View Article
Continue readingThe Irony and the Solution of Lobbying Disclosures
If you read Monday’s New York Times story about how many lobbyists are de-registering in the face of new filing... View Article
Continue readingWhy You Need to Download the Real Time Congress App for iPhone now
As a former Capitol Hill Communications Director, I can tell you that access to real-time information on what is happening... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Help Write Senator’s Amendment
Further dispatches from the Fifth Branch of government provided by the Washington Post: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is likely to... View Article
Continue readingTexas politico rapidly rises to No. 1 overall donor, now No. 1 bundler
What does the single largest donor in federal politics do when the maximum allowed by law just isn't enough? He collects contributions from others, becoming the single biggest bundler. What won't surprise you is that the person in question is a lobbyist. But what might surprise you is that he's based in Texas, and chances are good you've never heard of him.
Democratic supporter Ben Barnes, who is from faraway Austin, Texas, has quietly and rather suddenly become the premier political financier in America. He appeared on the Center for Responsive Politics' list of top 100 ...
Continue readingExtent of Lobbyist Contributions Remains Unknown
The National Journal recently launched a new “lobbyist and advocacy” blog, which gathers together 60 experts from some of Washington’s... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists and Republicans Huddle As Financial Reform Ball Moves Down Field
Roll Call reports that House Republican leadership met with approximately 100 lobbyists to hash out strategy to defeat financial regulatory... View Article
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