Category Archives: lobbying
“Lobbyists have raised $7 million for Hillary Clinton. For Trump? Zero”
“Corrine Brown’s Legal Defense Fund Accepted Prohibited Contributions From Lobbyists”
“The Lobbying Reform That Enriched Congress”
Politico: “[T]he Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 [] was embraced by both parties as a historic breakthrough…. Instead, it made things worse…. Not only did the lobbying reform bill fail to slow the revolving door, it… Continue reading
Time to Preorder the Indispensable Lobbying Manual, Coming in 5th Edition
“EXCLUSIVE: De Blasio doled out city appointments from shady spreadsheet of big campaign donors”
NYDN:
When Mayor de Blasio began handing out prestigious appointments to obscure boards and committees in his first months in City Hall, he turned to a system of cash for cachet.
His team assembled an elite spreadsheet of major… Continue reading
“Senators vote to keep themselves dependent on lobbyists”
Lee Drutman for Vox:
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted this week to keep senators and their staff dependent on the expertise and information that lobbyists provide.
Okay, let me be fair. The committee didn’t do this explicitly. But by ignoring… Continue reading
“Wall Street Lobbyists Decide Against Pushing Trump for Specifics — for Now”
“Hedge Funds Launch New Lobbying Effort To Protect Their Power”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
Two Witnesses Accidentally Offer Identical Congressional Testimony Prepared by Lobbying Firm
“For Top Federal Contractors, Investments in Lobbying, PACs Yield Big Returns”
MapLight:
Major U.S. government contractors have received $1,171 in taxpayer money for every $1 invested in lobbying and political action committee contributions during the last decade, according to a MapLight analysis.
The 25 largest federal contractors, as ranked… Continue reading
“Lobbyists are People Too, and They Should Be Free to Contribute to California Legislative Races”
Brian Russ has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The question is straightforward: does California’s ban on campaign contributions from lobbyists violate the First Amendment? The answer is not straightforward. The purpose of this Comment is to… Continue reading