Revolving door safeguards are meant to ensure that policymakers are acting in their constituents' best interests — not their future employers'. But legislation to support this idea has floundered recently.
Continue readingWhy super PACs should have ‘cooling off’ periods, too
Talk about not coordinating: The head of a super PAC gets a job with one of the candidates the PAC helped elect.
Continue readingAll cooled off: As Congress convenes, former colleagues will soon be calling from K Street
With the new Congress, many former members and staffers are now legal to lobby. But the law's so full of loopholes that it hasn't stopped many from entering the influence game before their "cooling off" period expires.
Continue readingThe enduring power of the ex-senator
Two events today prove you don't have to be an elected official or a registered lobbyist to wield clout in DC.
Continue readingYes Rep. Pelosi, Congress has a revolving door
In an appearance on the Daily Show, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was skeptical that the 'revolving door' phenomenon applied to Congress.
Continue readingThe rise of the million-dollar lobbyist
Lobbying is a very lucrative business. But for some it’s more than very lucrative: It’s million-dollar lucrative.
Continue readingWhose former staffers make the most as lobbyists? Lott, Frist, Hoyer top the list
Analysis shows that working for a long-serving senator — especially one in a key leadership position — is a very good stepping stone to a lucrative career in lobbying.
Continue readingHow revolving door lobbyists are taking over K Street
Between 1998 and 2012, total lobbying revenue from active contract lobbyists almost doubled. The kicker? All of this new revenue came exclusively from revolving door lobbyists.
Continue readingK Street pays top dollar for revolving door talent
It is a widely accepted truism in Washington that the place to get rich is on “K Street” — that metonymic shorthand for the Washington lobbying business. But how rich?
Continue readingRevolvers’ Dollars: methodology and cautions
In our Revolvers' Dollars series, we built a dataset covering all active firm lobbyists from 1998—2012. Here, we describe the methodology behind our dataset, and offer some cautions on these data and methods.
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