Category Archives: lobbying
“The inside story of how big business lost Washington”
Interesting piece in Fortune.
“A New Agenda for Political Reform; Instead of trying to weaken the pressure of corporate money in Washington, let’s try strengthening Congress’s capacity to resist it.”
Lee Drutman and Steve Teles in Washington Monthly.
“California ethics panel rejects exceptions to lobbyist fundraising rules”
LAT.
“Want to influence a member of Congress? Dangle a K Street job”
“Draft Resource on Local Lobbying Oversight”
City Ethics:
This publication provides a wide range of information for the creation or improvement of a local lobbying oversight program, including a draft local government Model Lobbying Code. It also includes a discussion of the ways in which… Continue reading
“Ethics Commission: Sex between lobbyists, officials isn’t reportable”
“With These Hires, Congress Becomes Even More Like a Corporation”
Lee Fang for The Nation.
“Missouri Senate passes ethics bill, but exempts itself from lobbying restriction”
“K Street’s Glorious Restoration; It’s A Great Time to Be a Lobbyist, Again”
Jim Oliphant for the National Journal.
“K Street won’t get blank check on Hill; But they will still be looking to add language favorable to clients and to insert pet projects.”
“Delamaide: Lobbyists losing disclosure war”
“Wall St. Had Invested Heavily in Dodd-Frank Changes”
Eric Lipton for the NYT:
For Wall Street it must seem like money well spent.
An analysis of the House vote on Thursday on the $1.1 trillion federal budget bill — which included a contested provision that will roll back … Continue reading
“How often do former members of Congress lobby? Not as often as you might think”
The Fix looks at the data.