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 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 readingIs Obama’s Revolving Door Rule Bad Policy?
Jacob Weisberg has a good article up on Slate (also, Newsweek) on whether the revolving door policy instituted by President... View Article
Continue readingCountering the Reward Method of Corruption
David Sirota posted on OpenLeft yesterday on what he called “the reward method of corruption.” Sirota writes, “As opposed to... View Article
Continue readingRevolving Door Bailout Army
Mother Jones adds more fuel to the lobbying disclosure fire by showing over 100 former congressional staffers, lawmakers, and government... View Article
Continue readingThe Revolving Door Spins in CEO Pay Protector
In the back-and-forth regarding who inserted the retroactive bonus immunity provision into the stimulus bill, we were repeatedly treated to... View Article
Continue readingOne More Post on Daschle, Revolving Door
This Feb. 2nd Newshour segment is from before Tom Daschle dropped out, but the discussion regarding the revolving door and... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Are People Too
A large number of President Obama’s supporters were outraged that one day after instituting strict lobbying restrictions for his administration... View Article
Continue readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year! The Sunlight blog is back after the holidays and here’s a look back at some stories we... View Article
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