Hundreds of members of Congress are blasting an Obama administration plan to expand the definition of wetlands, an analysis of public comments by Sunlight's Docket Wrench shows.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: FDA, keep your hands off our cheap cigars
The FDA is receiving a flood of comment letters from cigar aficionados who want the agency to lay off regulating pricey cigars as part of a long-fought initiative to regulate tobacco products.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics : Greenhouse gases, part II
A look at Sunlight's influence trackers shows that, on the controversial issue of global warming, the courts and the agencies are not the only place where the action is.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: follow EPA’s greenhouse gas proposals
Sunlight put together a guide to the EPA's major greenhouse gas proposals, with links to our Docket Wrench tool where curious minds can examine some of the 5.6 million comments to date.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: AT&T meets often with FCC officials
AT&T and its intended, DirecTV, gain DC clout via their contributions, fundraising and lobbying expenditures. Another way their power is revealed is in just how much they make themselves known before the FCC. The answer: a lot.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Who is debating marijuana?
New Jersey wins the honor for the most bills introduced by the legislature mentioning the word "marijuana" so far this calendar year — 48 — and a dozen states have considered 10+ such bills, according to an analysis of OpenStates.org.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Why it’s hard to follow hard-money bundling
Whoops. Looks like some lobbyists have been dropping their "bundles" where we can't see them.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Nigerian government hires lobbying firms
Our latest look at interesting trends and news items that our Reporting Group has seen on Sunlight's influence trackers.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: $37 will get you a lobbying fight over climate change
In the era of big data, it shouldn't be surprising that some of the biggest lobbying fights are over numbers. In this case, the number is $37.
Continue readingInfluence Analytics: Support for transfats, not so much for marijuana
Transfats, marijuana and medical devices are on the docket in the latest edition of Influence Analytics.
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