During the 2008 presidential primary campaign between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, then-Sen. Obama promised to hold open, televised negotiations... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finance to Take Up Health Care; See Their Lobbyist Connections
According to First Read, Senate Finance Chair Max Baucus will announce his plans for health care reform sometime this week.... View Article
Continue readingPartying With Senate Finance Committee Staffers Turned Lobbyists
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the connections between the Senate Finance Committee and the former staffers... View Article
Continue readingHealth Care Industry Operates Shadow Congress of Lobbyists
The Washington Post reports today that the health care industry, in its attempt to influence the debate over health care... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finance Committee Health Care Influence Cluster: The Democrats
Last week, I took a look at the circle of former staffers turned health care lobbyists that surround Senate Finance... View Article
Continue readingNPR Launches Dollar Politics
NPR launched a new series, Dollar Politics, today to look at the influence of money in the debate over three... View Article
Continue readingWhat the cap and trade rush does to advocacy
So, it looks as though the cap and trade bill will continue to sail toward a Friday vote despite the... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Daschle, Dole Release Health Care Plan; Do Not Note Health Care Clients of Their Law Firm
Today, former senators Tom Daschle and Bob Dole released a plan for health care reform that is being hailed a... View Article
Continue readingCutting in Line
I was reading this blog post that the Advocacy Director of End the Occupation, a pro-Palestinian organization, sent Sunlight over... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbying Rules Round-Up
By now, you may have seen that the White House has updated the stimulus lobbying rules to expand the communications... View Article
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