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New York Times
April 3, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency signed off last March on a Canadian energy company's pipeline-expansion plan at the same time that the E.P.A. chief, Scott Pruitt, was renting a condominium linked to the energy company's powerful Washington lobbying firm. Both the E.P.A. and theÃâà...
HSToday
April 3, 2018
The Lobbying Disclosure Act requires lobbyists to regularly file reports on their activities, which must be available for public review. Lobbyists are required to disclose certain previously held covered positions, such as certain executive agency and congressional staff posts. GAO reviewed a sample of 98 ofÃâà...
Splinter (blog)
April 3, 2018
As grueling as it is to read about the lives and lies of Washington lobbyists, the profile is very instructive for readers who are wondering how they get so much damn money ($3.36 billion was spent on federal lobbying in 2017, not counting the further billions likely spent on unregistered lobbying) and what allÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
April 1, 2018
The vernal equinox has come and gone, and we all know what that means – Easter is here. So grab a basket, don the seersucker and start painting those eggs. The holiday once again made it into April, though just barely. Despite not getting as late a date as last year, Easter is still expected to be a boon forÃâà...
DTN The Progressive Farmer (blog)
March 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A diplomatic crisis tearing at the Middle East has ignited a multimillion-dollar battle for influence in Washington between bitter rivals Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Both countries spent heavily over the last year on lawyers, lobbyists, public relations and advertising to seek betterÃâà...
Bloomberg Big Law Business
March 30, 2018
Amazon.com Inc. last week replaced its Big Law lobbyists, a person familiar with the move said. The online commerce giant is said to have axed Akin Gump, Washington, D.C.'s biggest lobby firm, and Squire Patton Boggs, and hired new advisers who previously worked as outside lobbyists for Airbnb Inc.
Vox
March 30, 2018
For a new book, Politics at Work: How Companies Turn Their Workers into Lobbyists, I surveyed workers and managers and interviewed dozens of top executives to show how these political calls to action have become a common practice for American companies. One in four American employees said in aÃâà...
Government Accountability Office
March 30, 2018
The Lobbying Disclosure Act requires lobbyists to regularly file reports on their activities, which must be available for public review. GAO audits compliance. Lobbyists are required to disclose certain previously held covered positions, such as certain executive agency and congressional staff posts.
FOX13 Memphis
March 30, 2018
The dispute between Qatar and the UAE took a wild turn earlier this week when a top fundraiser for Trump filed a lawsuit against the government of Qatar and several lobbyists working for Qatar, claiming they hacked his and his wife's emails. Elliott Broidy alleged that hackers from Qatar broke into theirÃâà...
State-Journal.com
March 30, 2018
While lobbyists who work full time in Frankfort may pay the city's occupational tax, the fact that many have a primary office elsewhere led the city to develop a special, flat fee in the mid-2000s, said Finance Director Steve Dawson. There's no uniform description for the workplace location of legislativeÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 21, 2018
The Czech government has moved, not for the first time, to try and regulate lobbying. The country at the moment is one of the handful in Europe that had no specific set of rules governing what lobbyists can do and how various decision makers, whether they are elected politicians or civil servants, canÃâà...
Albuquerque Journal
March 21, 2018
New Mexico government agencies have limited authority to investigate harassment complaints against lobbyists or from lobbyists against other parties, despite the implementation of a new policy at the Legislature. Lobbyists are regulated by the Secretary of State's Office, which oversees their registrationÃâà...
IndustryWeek
March 21, 2018
While officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico try to hammer out a new North American Free Trade Agreement, lobbyists in Washington are using the deal's rewrite to advance a broad legislative agenda making it easier for U.S. companies to build factories, move cargo and export coal. The strategyÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 20, 2018
the duo said before dismissing the GOP reforms and adding that McCaskill would always work for voters, “not the special interests or the banking lobbyists.” But there is just one problem with that promise. Frank now sits on the board of directors at a big bank with a vested interest in fiscal deregulation, andÃâà...
Florida Politics (blog)
March 19, 2018
From A. Duda & Sons, Inc., to Zurich American Insurance Co., 44 pages' worth of concerns now have registered to lobby the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC). The 37-member panel, which began meeting in Session Monday, convenes every 20 years to review and suggest changes to the state'sÃâà...
San Jose Inside (blog)
March 18, 2018
6 ruling, deemed 8.3 percent a more reasonable rate. Then, as one observer put it, all hell broke loose. Lobbyists and lawyers repping San Jose Water Co. and three other investor-owned water utilities flocked to Sacramento in an effort to sway the five-member CPUC in a series of private ex parte meetings.
https://en.crimerussia.com/
March 18, 2018
In addition, the document mentions lobbyists, who will directly provide services; they are Stuart Eisenstadt (who used to serve as the Deputy Minister of the Treasury and the US Ambassador to the European Union), Alan Larson (ex-Deputy Secretary of State for Economic, Enterprise, and Agricultural Affairs)Ãâà...
The Southern
March 18, 2018
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is applauded by students, legislators and education officials after signing SB 2912 at Carbondale Community High School in January 2017. The bill streamlines the process for out-of-state teachers looking to transfer their licenses to Illinois and reduces the burden on peopleÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 16, 2018
Greitens, who went on to slam lobbyists during his first State of the State speech and afterward, continued to build a relationship with Davis. Last spring, the lobbyist attended a Greitens fundraiser in south central Missouri that featured turkey hunting. In a social media post about the fundraiser, Davis calledÃâà...
Roanoke Times
March 16, 2018
But then the lobbyists descended, doing what they always do: writing and rewriting legislation to help the rich and the powerful. That's how we got to this bill, legislation that will help the little guys a little, and the big boys a lot. And almost surely, put the financial system and our economy at greater risk.
The Missoulian
March 16, 2018
They'll also look at recommendations for mandatory sexual harassment training for lobbyists. Jeff Mangan, Montana's commissioner of political practices, oversees lobbyists' political and financial activities, but said he's not sure if the Legislature would have to pass a law making sexual harassment trainingÃâà...
Reveal
March 15, 2018
Many top Trump officials were former industry lawyers and lobbyists. Other top Interior Department officials who have lobbied for oil companies include Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt, Doug Domenech, assistant secretary for insular areas; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron; and TaraÃâà...
Press Herald
March 9, 2018
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite Trump's promises as a candidate to drain the swamp in Washington.
ProPublica
March 7, 2018
We found 187 former lobbyists who work in the Trump administration. Here's what we found: At least 187 Trump political appointees have been federal lobbyists, and despite President Trump's campaign pledge to “drain the swamp,” many are now overseeing the industries they once lobbied on behalf of.
Slate Magazine
March 7, 2018
ProPublica has provided a valuable service, however, by actually doing the legwork on this observation and finding out just how many lobbyists the Trump administration has hired. The answer is “at least 187,” many of whom have been appointed to positions in which they can do favors for the clients theyÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
March 6, 2018
Why then, I've asked myself over the years, has Congress found it acceptable to receive millions of dollars from lobbyists, especially the NRA, in order to maintain and expand laws that are obviously dangerous to our country? When we think about the tragic and recurrent deaths of adults and children as aÃâà...
Idaho Press-Tribune
March 6, 2018
It would not, according to Giddings and several other legislators, prevent associations of state agencies from hiring contract lobbyists because they are not included under the bill's definition of state agency. Groups like school board associations and associations of cities, which regularly testify at committeeÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
March 6, 2018
COLUMBIA — Gov. Henry McMaster wants to know if Santee Cooper's team of Statehouse lobbyists are trying to undermine his months-long attempt to sell the public utility. The Republican governor sent a letter to Santee Cooper's leaders Tuesday asking the Moncks Corner utility to turn over documentsÃâà...
Columbia Missourian
March 6, 2018
When asked why Greitens has lobbyists, after showing dislike for lobbyists, Briden said there's a difference between the governor's legislative team and special interest lobbyists who fight for certain issues. He said the governor was specifically advocating against the revolving door between lobbyists andÃâà...
ThinkProgress
March 5, 2018
Lobbyists working on behalf of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for example, spent $270,000 on rooms, catering, and parking at the hotel during its first six months in operation, Time reported. And in 2017, both the American Petroleum Institute (API) — one of the most powerful industry trade groups inÃâà...
Baxter Bulletin
March 5, 2018
WASHINGTON – Looking for common ground with your neighbor these days? Try switching subjects from the weather to Congress. Chances are, you both agree it's terrible. In red, blue or purple states, in middle America or on the coasts, most Americans loathe the nation's legislature. One big reason: MostÃâà...
The Hill
March 5, 2018
As Congress pivots from the GOP's tax measure that overwhelming benefits wealthy shareholders over workers, the Senate is expected to vote on an under-the-radar rewrite of banking rules that prioritizes the deregulatory wishlist of banks ahead of consumers and the health of our banking system.
Citizens Voice
March 5, 2018
Public opinion polls about trustworthiness generally find lobbyists (yes, along with journalists and lawyers) lurking near the bottom. It can't be what they do, since lobbying specifically is a constitutionally protected activity. It's right there in the First Amendment, the clear right “to petition the government for aÃâà...
Arizona Capitol Times
March 5, 2018
A House committee approved a bill that would potentially lower how much lobbyists report compared to what they actually spend for events where lawmakers or state employees are invited. Complete access to news articles on azcapitoltimes.com is available to Arizona Capitol Times' subscribers who areÃâà...
Midwest Communication
March 5, 2018
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) -- New numbers show that Lobbyists in Lansing last year spent a $39.4 million trying to influence lawmakers last year, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. It's the second highest since they began keeping the statistics on the 1,491 interest groups andÃâà...
Eagle-Tribune
March 4, 2018
Barbara L'Italien is one of two active legislators currently in the running to succeed Niki Tsongas in the 3rd District. So far, of the over $319,000 in contributions she has received so far in her congressional run, the Andover Democrat has received more than $50,000 from Massachusetts lobbyists along withÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 2, 2018
His prosecutors have taken the rare step of pursuing some of President Trump's former senior aides for failing to register as lobbyists for foreign governments, rattling the rarefied world of highly-paid professionals who advocate in Washington for traditional foreign allies, unsavory strongmen and otherÃâà...
MyAJC
March 1, 2018
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2/15/18 - Atlanta - Rep. Jan Jones (center), R - Milton, the lone woman on the committee, recommends the adoption of the new policy to the Legislative Services Committee. Georgia legislators will be required to get training every other year on sexual harassment, accordingÃâà...
SFGate
March 1, 2018
SEXUAL HARASSMENT. The Georgia House has passed a measure that would require lobbyists working in the Capitol to abide by the same sexual harassment policy as lawmakers. The proposal, passed unanimously on Wednesday, would require lobbyists to sign on to the General Assembly's sexualÃâà...
WEKU
March 1, 2018
On the heels of a record year for lobbyist spending, Kentucky businesses and organizations spent an all-time high of $2.6 t million dollars in the first portion of the current legislative session. After spending more than $20 million dollars in 2017, lobbyists started this year by spending 20 percent more thanÃâà...
The Intercept
March 1, 2018
The disclosure of the correspondence was made to the Department of Justice, which tracks foreign lobbying under the authority of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The Saudi government has gone on a hiring spree in recent years, retaining the services of more than 145 lobbyists over the last two years,Ãâà...
Seymour Tribune
March 1, 2018
Since her testimony, Bigney said she has heard from scores of female lobbyists who have come to her with their stories of unwanted touching, lewd comments and suggestive looks. Six lobbyists told The Associated Press how sexual harassment has left them feeling humiliated. “I heard from a lot of otherÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 1, 2018
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey business leaders, lawmakers and lobbyists are boarding a Washington-bound train on Thursday for their annual schmooze-fest and pilgrimage to the nation's capital. The state Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event is more than eight decades old and gives some ofÃâà...
Press Herald
March 1, 2018
AUGUSTA — More female lobbyists and lawmakers came forward Wednesday to publicly share their stories of sexual harassment at the Maine State House. The lobbyists told lawmakers at a meeting of the State and Local Government Committee that the Legislature must empower victims and change aÃâà...
Press Herald
February 28, 2018
Six lobbyists told The Associated Press how sexual harassment has left them feeling humiliated. “I heard from a lot of other women, I had a feeling I wasn't alone,” Bigney said, calling on those who witness sexual harassment to call out such behavior. Some of the lobbyists who allege misconduct are set toÃâà...
The CT Mirror
December 31, 1999
Here's what we found: At least 187 Trump political appointees have been federal lobbyists, and despite President Trump's campaign pledge to “drain the swamp,” many are now overseeing the industries they once lobbied on behalf of. We've also discovered ethics waivers that allow Trump staffers to workÃâà...
MarketWatch
December 31, 1999
“Lobbyists will always be there — it's the politicians who come and go,” says playwright Sarah Burgess, whose political drama “Kings” has just extended its run at New York City's Public Theater. “Kings,” directed by “Hamilton” director Tommy Kail, is Burgess's fictional examination of U.S. politics, akin to howÃâà...
WSKG.org
December 31, 1999
There are more than 1,200 registered lobbyists in Harrisburg. Some work for firms, which take on multiple clients and represent different interests. Often, former lawmakers or regulators serve this role, using their old relationships for leverage. Some, like Masur, work specifically for a company or nonprofit.
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