Category Archives: lobbying
“How Tony Podesta, a Washington Power Broker, Lost It All”
Quite a story in the WSJ.
“Tax-Exempt Lobbying: Corporate Philanthropy as a Tool for Political Influence”
“GOP’s new tax law encourages campaign donor secrecy”
Ellen Aprill oped in the Hill:
As a result of these changes, estimates of the percentage of taxpayers who will itemize has fallen to somewhere between 5 percent and 10 percent. The vast majority of taxpayers will benefit more from… Continue reading
“What We Found in Trump’s Drained Swamp: Hundreds of Ex-Lobbyists and D.C. Insiders”
ProPublica:
When the Trump administration took office early last year, hundreds of staffers from lobbying firms, conservative think tanks and Trump campaign groups began pouring into the very agencies they once lobbied or whose work they once opposed.
Today we’re… Continue reading
“Companies court lawmakers with charitable giving, but don’t always disclose the funds”
CPI:
By law, corporations and organizations that lobby the federal government must disclose certain charitable contributions to nonprofits, including ones such as the Orrin G. Hatch Foundation that are intimately tied to lawmakers. They also must disclose spending to “honor”… Continue reading
“K Street Reinvents Itself in the Era of Trump”
“Draining the swamp? D.C. lobbying during Trump administration surges to highest level in 7 years”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.
“Lobbying’s top 50 pour $540M into influence campaigns”
“Draining the swamp? D.C. lobbying during Trump administration surges to highest level in 7 years”
Fredreka Schouten for USA Today.
“How Hedge Funds (Secretly) Get Their Way in Washington”
“Connections are the Currency of Washington Lobbyists”
“Lobbyists Ask for Votes. Some Lawmakers Want Much More.”
What a lede on this NYT story;
Vanessa Alarid was a lobbyist in New Mexico when she asked a lawmaker over drinks one night if she could count on his support for a bill that appeared to be coming down… Continue reading
“Washington’s Legions Of Lobbyists See Danger In Special Counsel’s Indictment Of Manafort”
BuzzFeed:
The threat of serving hard time for failing to disclose foreign lobbying work is rattling Washington’s multi-billion dollar influence industry following Monday’s 12-count indictment against Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates.
And although… Continue reading