Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus is one of only five United States senators posting a daily schedule on their... View Article
Continue readingLies Make Baby Jesus Cry (See Update Regarding Returned Check)
Update: I guess this is the clarifying press release: Baucus staffers say that the check was returned after it was... 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 readingThe Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex
Mapping Max Baucus’ Health Care Lobbyist Complex. Click image for full visualization. As the chair of the Senate Finance Committee,... View Article
Continue readingLunchtime Link Round-Up
The Federal Reserve is hiring a former Enron lobbyist in an effort to fix its image. I would say that... View Article
Continue readingBank Employees Stop Giving to Campaigns?
Here’s a man bites dog story. The Washington Independent has reported that banker employees have turned off the cash spigot... View Article
Continue readingTARP Progress on Transparency?
Here’s some potentially encouraging news. On Wednesday, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General of TARP, disclosed that recently-approved agreements with... View Article
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