Category Archives: lobbying
“My One Minute of Campaign Finance Fame”
“In Wisconsin, Dark Money Got a Mining Company What It Wanted”
ProPublica and the Daily Beast track a mining company’s donations to conservative nonprofits lobbying and launching state legislative campaign ads operating to the company’s benefit. It’s not clear whether the story laments the lack of disclosure or the spending and… Continue reading
California Political Reform 40 Years Later
Bob Stern, co-author of the California Political Reform Act of 1974, calls out his former boss over recent vetoes. The picture of 1975 Jerry Brown alone is worth the clickthrough.
“Scott Brown wants us to discuss whether or not he was a lobbyist. So we did.”
“Just don’t call these consultants lobbyists”
“Scott Brown objects to mailer calling him a ‘former Washington lobbyist’”
Scott Brown Goes After Lessig/MayDay for Calling Brown a “Lobbyist”
“Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks”
“GOP staffers seek to cash in as odds grow of Senate takeover”
“Waning Influence, Part 2: Does Congressional Gridlock Lock Up K Street?”
CRP has this analysis of the relationship between lobbying spending and gridlock. A snippet: “[T]the notion that lobbying dollars might flow more freely when Congress is passing many bills, though plausible, is untested. In this report, the second in our … Continue reading
“White House reverses part of lobbyist ban”
Politico: “The White House is poised to reverse a key part of its ban on registered lobbyists serving in government. The Office of Management and Budget will release a new rule on Wednesday expected to allow registered lobbyists to… Continue reading