Not everyone has that kind of appetite apparently. Businesses and lobbying firms are still complaining about the disclosure of contributions... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Blowback
The food industry’s heavy lobbying over the past few years to reduce regulation and paperwork has turned into a “monkey’s... View Article
Continue readingK Street Stalls
While many major K Street firms are still increasing their profits, the total improvement of profits over last year was... View Article
Continue readingCongress Loosens Lobbyist Disclosure
The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate are loosening their interpretation of lobbyist disclosure provisions on... View Article
Continue readingCheck the Bulletin Board for Lobbyist Info
GOOD Magazine has a knack for taking political stories or data and turning them into to clever images. In this... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Waiting for the 111th Congress
Despite a string of revelations revealing innappropriate home loans, rent prices, and rental arrangements maintained by lawmakers, Congress refuses to... View Article
Continue readingPot Holes in New Disclosure Docs
According to Jeff Birnbaum at the Washington Post, the new lobbying disclosure forms, intended to shine a light on lobbyist... View Article
Continue readingNew Lobbyist Disclosure Requirements
As of July 30 lobbyists will have to report some interesting new information: any campaign contributions, including those from a... View Article
Continue readingDon Young’s A-Team
Murdock, Hannibal, Face, and B.A. Baracus? Not that A-Team. Josh Marshall got his hands on the “Intern’s Survival Guide” for... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Another Day of Congress News
Follow up on Curt Weldon’s Russian ties and the Pentagon contracts he tried to secure, a “dead beat congresswoman,” one... View Article
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