Tag: Lobbying

New Rules May Bar Lobbyist From Advisory Boards

Filed in National by on November 27, 2009 • 6 Comments

I’m not sure why there hasn’t been more comment from the Obama administration on this: Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts. […]

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Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby

Filed in National by on October 28, 2009 • 8 Comments
Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby

Geez, you’d think that the Main Stream Media might have discovered that Pious Joe’s equally-pious wife has returned to her roots–as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and health care industries with conservative lobbying shop Hill & Knowlton, which also numbers AIG among its clients. She had previously worked for APCO Associates, a lobbying shop that […]

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Sunday Papers: How ‘Fast’ Eddie Rendell Made Sure Budget Avoided Natural Gas Pains

Filed in National by on October 25, 2009 • 16 Comments

We all heard Gov. Ed Rendell’s (D-Comcast) lament that everyone had to share in Pa.’s budgetary pain, including the arts community, which was decimated by budget cuts while the big sports teams and movie theatres remained untouched.  His lips were moving, so everyone knew that he was lying. When it comes to the natural gas […]

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