“California ethics panel rejects exceptions to lobbyist fundraising rules”
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Category Archives: lobbying
“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.
“Decline in Number of Registered Lobbyists May Be Leveling Off, Latest Numbers Show”
From COGEL, BNA Bloomberg reports that the number of registered federal lobbyists appears to be holding steady at around 12,500, down from a peak of 15,000 in 2007.
Steven Sholk’s Updated “Guide to to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3)”
The 2014 version is available for download here.
“Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General”
NYT has this report on what it calls an “unprecedented, secretive alliance that … Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation’s top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda,” finding that “[a]ttorneys general in… Continue reading