Union Lobbyist: ?I Broke The Law All The Time?
2008-10-03 17:39:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Confessions of a criminal… well, that is what this new memoir should be titled, but it isn’t. The Bellingham Herald (Washington State) is reporting on the publication of a new memoir by Joe Miller who was once a lobbyist for various unions and Democratic Party candidates. In it he admits that he ...
By: Publius Forum
Dan the Tan Man. Candidate-Lobbyist
2008-09-17 03:46:00 Some politicians like to use the "citizen legislator" moniker. Others, evidently, have the right to call themselves "lobbyist candidate". There'd be no reason to lobby congress when you're in congress, right? Dan Humiston, Republican/Orsini Independence candidate challenging Brian Higgins in NY-27 is the President of the Indoor ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Wayne Berman, Top McCain Fundraiser, Also Lobbyist For Big Oil
2008-09-09 22:30:00 Wayne Berman's a key fundraiser for the presidential campaign of Senator John McCain and a member of the government relations staff of Oglivy, a PR firm with a Washington office. Berman's a prime example of why people say that McCain's in the pocket of Big Oil. Wayne Berman's serving as a lobbyist for Chevron in their legal battle against the country of Ecuador. Berman has taken the incredible step of trying to get the Bush Administration to take special trade preferences away from Ecuador if that country doesn't drop its billion dollar lawsuit against Chevron. I can personally save Wayne Berman the trouble by telling him Chevron's not at fault to anywhere near the levels charged by Ecuador. But the other side of this story has nothing to do with Chevron and everything to do with Wayne Berman's key involvement in McCain's campaign. With ties like Wayne Berman, it's impossible for McCain to claim he's not a friend of Big Oil.
Democratic Party returns lobbyist, PAC money
2008-06-07 15:31:00 Abiding by Obama rules, party returns some lobbyist and PAC money.The Democratic National Committee, now operating under Barack Obama's fundraising rules, on Friday returned about $100,000 in money from lobbyists and political action committees.Republican John McCain does accept money from lobbyists and PACs as does the RNC read more | digg story [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Missiah Bans Lobbyist And PAC Money. Sort Of. Maybe
2008-06-05 17:19:00 Found this story all over the Democratic Underground, where they are getting a thrilling up their legs (Yahoo News) In his first order of business as his party’s presumed presidential nominee, Barack Obama is instructing the Democratic National Committee to adopt his policy against accepting donations from federal lobbyists or political action committees. The change will make ...
By: Pirate's Cove
John McCain Credibility Damaged By Lobbyist Ties
2008-05-28 09:42:00 According to many sources, but the best being Josh Marshall in "Talking Points Memo", Senator and Presidential Canidate John McCain is in some PR trouble regarding his loobyist ties, particularly with former Senator and Texan Phil Gramm, who as a lobbyist was representing the bank USB, a swiss bank connected with the mortgage crisis, at the same time he was advising McCain on matters associated with sub-prime lending, which caused the mortgage crisis.Get it? Any time you see that kind of circuitous connection with a politician, it's not good ethically. McCain has several ties of this kind, with Charlie Black, and other lobbyists. But the main point is the person who's bragged that he's not influenced by Federal lobbyists or has "cozy relationships", seems to be surrounded by them.
Obama and the lobbyist
2008-05-27 13:13:00 Look, I’ve been saying for months now, that once the people figure out that Obama comes from a long line of South Chicago crooked pols, all but the hardcore Democrat support will wither. But as of yesterday morning, we seem to have some evidence in Michael Isikoff’s investigative piece in Newsweek, even though Newsweek tried to bury the story. There does, however, seem to be a leak or two in the dike, and I doubt even Newsweek has the right amount of thumbs to plug them all. In short, the story comes down to a rather interesting relationship between Obama, and David Axlerod. Says Isikoff: When Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison wanted state lawmakers to back a hefty rate hike two years ago, it took a creative lobbying approach, concocting a new outfit that seemed devoted to the public interest: Consumers Organized for Reliable Electricity, or CORE. CORE ran TV ads warning of a “California-style energy crisis” if the rate increase wasn’t approved—but wit...
By: BitsBlog
Obama, McCain challenged by lobbyist culture
2008-05-26 22:57:00 WASHINGTON As John McCain and Barack Obama intensify their battle for the White House, they are competing for the mantle of reform, with each claiming that he has done the most to shield his campaign from the taint of lobbyists.
By: Get rich
Obama Won?t Take Money from Oil Companies, but He Will Take It from Their E
2008-04-24 21:49:00 After airing a commercial saying that he would not take money from oil companies (which doesn’t make much sense, since he LEGALLY CAN’T under the 1907 Tillman Act!), it has come out that he has been taking money from their executives. Here’s a video of the ad, with a transcript below it: Since the gas lines of ...
Korean Drama: Lobbyist
2008-03-31 19:19:00 SynopsisIn the mid 1980s, Maria (Jang Jin-young) grows up in a quiet fishing village with Harry (Song Il-guk). Harry?s father died when a North Korean spy snuck into the country and shot him dead because he was an Army commander. Harry and his sister move to America after the incident. Maria?s family also migrate to America soon after and Maria?s father takes a job as a bus driver. While living happily in America, a mugger kills Maria?s father one day. Meanwhile, Harry meets Maria by coincidence. When his uncle sexually molests his sister Suzie, he decides to run away from home with his sister.10 years later... Maria is 20 years old and works as a bus driver. Her sister Eva graduated from a prestigious American college and works at the naval intelligence agency in Washington D.C. One day, she meets Eva?s boyfriend Tae-hyuk (Han Jae-seok) and begins to develop feelings for him. While working at odd jobs throughout his life, Harry challenges the Mafia to save his sister Suzie. The Kor...
Congress is holding H-1B boost 'hostage,' says Oracle lobbyist
2008-03-27 08:00:00 Congress is holding H-1B boost 'hostage,' says Oracle lobbyistIf the issue stays entangled with volatile debate over undocumented workers, high-tech companies' efforts to hire more foreigners through skilled worker visas are "toast," he says. ...
Government Relations Associate - Save Darfur Coalition
2008-03-07 05:41:00 The Save Darfur Coalition, www.SaveDarfur.org, an alliance of 181 human rights, faith-based, and civil society organizations working to raise public awareness and mobilize an effective response to the genocide in Darfur, seeks a Government Relations Associate to play a central role in Save Darfur’s efforts to expand our U.S. congressional, administration, and coalition member outreach. ...
By: DemWork
The other lobbyist John McCain is in bed with besides Rupert Murdoch — Ric
2008-02-27 06:19:00 by Jayne Lyn Stahl Renzi, the congressman who, back in 2006, McCain called "Arizona's workhorse," and said has "integrity beyond reproach" was indicted yesterday on 36 federal corruption charges. Waiting for the other shoe to drop? Wondering if the yellow brick road will lead to another lobbyist — Jack Abramoff? Right around the same time McCain enthusiastically endorsed Renzi, Abramoff pled guilty to three counts of fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy to bribe public officials. Well, there are bribes and there are bribes — some bribes are delivered under the table, and others come through black silk camisoles. Overall, from what we've seen, an elephant does a much better job of covering its tracks than anyone the Bush folks would endorse. Yet, there are those who say corruption, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. That anyone claiming to go after special interest should be found with some "special" interests of his own, and so easily...
The New York Times Of Two Minds On McCain-Lobbyist Bombshell
2008-02-25 13:15:00 The MSM was all over the map in its reaction to an anonymously sourced article in The New York Times claiming that eight years ago aides to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) were so concerned that the habitual presence of Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman (pictured wearing an evening gown in the article) would give rise to ...
McCain and the Lobbyist - Missing the Story of the Miss
2008-02-22 20:41:00 by Dave Lindorff All the attention in the breaking story about John McCain's 2000 relationship with a blonde young telecom lobbyist has been focussed on the question of whether or not they were "doing it." As George Stephanopoulos claimed on ABC, the importance of the story depends upon whether McCain is shown to have had a "relationship" with the lobbyist, Vicki Iseman. But really, who cares whether they were shacking up on the campaign trail? McCain, after all (a man who clearly has an eye for pretty ladies), already double-timed his starter wife, Philadelphia model Carol Shepp for a trophy model. As the story goes, after returning from his POW experience and finding Shepp permanently disabled from a serious car accident, McCain started having an affair with the statuesque and wealthy beer industry heiress Cindy Hensley. He then dumped Shepp as so much damaged goods. So it's not as though this guy is going to be campaigning on a strong pro-family platform....
McCain: lobbyist tie 'not true'
2008-02-22 02:30:00 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was 'not true.
By: Get rich
Who Would Be A Lobbyist? Home Depot?
2008-02-21 23:53:00 "A recent speech by Christine Quinn, the Speaker of New York City's council, has sparked rumours that she may run for Mayor.Ms Quinn, a Democrat, is one of the most prominent lesbian politicians in America.In her State of the City address earlier this month she said: "I want every New Yorker to hear me when I say: We are ready."Ms Quinn, 41, was unanimously elected as New York City Council's first woman and first openly gay Speaker in January 2006, becoming the second highest-ranking official in the city after the Mayor.The role of the Speaker is to act as a check and balance to the executive authority of the Mayor.It is a similar position to the chairman of the London Assembly.In her 2006 acceptance speech Ms Quinn wept several times, thanking her father and her partner, Kim Catullo who were sitting in the public gallery.She came to international attention in 2006 for refusing to march in the New York St Patrick's Day parade because it banned gay groups from participating." [SOU...
NYT: John McCain Has A Lobbyist Friend
2008-02-21 23:32:00 Here’s the story. Here’s the story about the story. Conservatives are … what’s a good word … corybantic. Liberals are generally ignoring it. Was this published by the NYT or TMZ? Even if we assume there is fire for the smoke they report, there’s a reason the Lewinsky story was broken by Drudge.
By: 2008 Central
Report of tie to lobbyist 'not true,' McCain says
2008-02-21 20:46:00 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was 'not true.
By: Get rich
New York Times Needs Named Sources for McCain Lobbyist Story
2008-02-21 19:12:00 I'm supporting Barack Obama for President, and wouldn't vote for John McCain if he was squeakiest clean candidate in history. But I'm also a Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City, with a keen interest in wanting journalists to report with the highest ethical and professional standards to Americans, and I want those standards to apply to reporting about all candidates - whether I agree with their politics or not.With that goal as my guide, I have to say that The New York Times needs named, on-the-record sources for its front-page story about John McCain possibly having a romantic entanglement with a lobbyist that caused his aides in 2000 to take action. Unnamed sources have their role in journalism. But in a story of this magnitude, concerning someone who has all but received the Republican nomination for President, and whom the Times endorsed, the public interest requires real names of real sources. In their absence, the public is...
By: Infinite Regress
New York Times Links McCain To Female Lobbyist In Scandalmongering Attempt
2008-02-21 17:31:00 Here we go again with another political scandal, compliments of the New York Times, our national paper of record. Call it an October surprise, only seven months early. But then they can never start too early in their efforts to smear the Republican candidate, even if it’s the one they endorsed. Following is a small sample of the ...
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Lobbyist
2008-02-21 17:12:00 laTimes.com: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was “not true.” The story, first circulated by blogger Matt Drudge last December, shook the McCain campaign last night ...
By: Thought-Blender
John McCain Denies Preferential Treatment For Lobbyist 'Friend'
2008-02-21 15:54:00 John McCain denied giving preferential treatment to telecom lobbyist Vicky Iseman, who he said is a "friend."
McCain denies inappropriate relationship with lobbyist
2008-02-21 15:44:00 TOLEDO, Ohio (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain denies assertions published that McCain once had a close relationship with a female lobbyist whose clients had business before his Senate committee. Sen.
By: Get rich
McCain: Reports on Lobbyist a "Smear"
2008-02-21 14:33:00 Sen. John McCain, responding to published reports about his relationship with a lobbyist, says he "will not allow a smear campaign" to distract from his presidential campaign. The New York Times quoted anonymous aides as saying they had urged McCain and lobbyist Vicki Iseman to stay away from each other prior to his failed presidential campaign in 2000. In its own follow-up story, The Washington Post quoted longtime aide John Weaver, who split with McCain last year, as saying he met with lobbyist Iseman and urged her to stay away from McCain. Weaver told the Times he arranged the meeting after "a discussion among the campaign leadership" about Iseman. Aides said McCain, now on the verge of securing the Republican nomination, would address the allegations at a news conference Thursday morning. The published reports said McCain and Iseman each denied having a romantic relationship. Neither story asserted that there was a romantic relationship and offered no evidence that there was...
NYT links McCain and female lobbyist
2008-02-21 12:49:00 I don't really care about this damning New York Times article on Republican presidential shoo-in John McCain. I mean who cares about McCain? He'll lose anyway.But this big development in the race for the White House does worry me.I think this is a hat trick pulled off by Hillary Clinton's camp to win the Democratic presidential nomination. How?First, consider that the New York Times endorsed Hillary Clinton. That's the first piece of the puzzle.The second piece is, since this report would surely turn-off women voters of McCain, guess where they'll flock to? Not to Barack Obama, I can assure you.You know how it all works. When women are betrayed by a man, you wouldn't expect them to seek refuge in the comfort of another guy. They'd go to another woman to find solace.In this case, that would be Hillary Clinton.Bingo.Nice hat trick, Hillary. I have to give this one to you. Now in my eyes, that makes you really evil.
By: Inner Sanctum
John McCain Lobbyist Scandal With Vicki Iseman About Power
2008-02-21 07:59:00 The MSN and the Internet in the form of thousands of emails on the Barack Obama listservs were abuz with the news about John McCain's association with a beautiful lobbyist Vicki Iseman. The association between the two is eight years old and while Senator McCain says there was no sexual relationship, in my view there was a "power association" -- a marriage of a Senator flattered by the attention of a smart, lovely young woman who knew the ropes in Washington, and her desire to be in the company of a senior elected official who could open doors for her. Vicki Iseman is no slouch. A look at the bio on her website will tell you that:VICKI ISEMANVicki Iseman, Partner, represents corporate and public clients on issues as diverse as government contracting and regulatory reform. Her experience includes representation of clients before Congress, Federal government agencies and local opinion leaders.She has extensive experience in telecommunications, representing corporations before the ...
Did McCain Have A Romance With Lobbyist Vicki Iseman?
2008-02-21 03:25:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 7:30 PM MST NYT Bombshell: McCain’s Aides “Intervened To Protect The Candidate From Himself” WASHINGTON ? Early in Senator John McCain?s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers. A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his ...
By: Suzie-Q
Vicki Iseman, John McCain: New Female Lobbyist Scandal
2008-02-21 02:42:00 Reported on December 21, 2007 by DBKP New York Times now Picks up on “unnamed Sources” New York Times says “Waves of Anxiety” Swept Through McCain Camp A new scandal for the McCain campaign? And even though The New York Times doesn’t have much credibility in the news or editorial departments, we’re going to comment on it. Lobbyist Vicki Iseman ...
Cry me a river: lobbyist turned therapist wants more political tears
2008-01-10 20:58:00 I chaired a conference session on some interesting work by Gavin Rees on journalism and trauma this morning.I missed the afternoon, but the ever-sensible Martin Moore was there for another step in the rehabilitation of former lobbyist Derek Draper: John Lloyd (journalist and director of Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism) and Derek Draper (ex journalist, ex lobbyist, ex New Labour insider, now adult and child psychotherapist - no, really - see here) were talking about whether it was an interviewer’s responsibility to ‘humanise’ politicians.In Derek Draper’s view our political interviews lack emotion. Not just the heat that comes from a typical Today programme cross-examination but raw human emotion - think Hillary’s tears in New Hampshire or Sarkozy’s romantic confessions. It’s only when they show this emotion - expose themselves as humans with feelings, Draper argued, that people connect and engage with them.Does this mean that rather than John Humphrys grillin...
By: Adrian Monck
John McCain Lobbyist Story: Smear, Spin or Straight Reporting?
2007-12-21 04:18:00 Senator John McCain labeled a Report that He Pressured the New York Times a “Smear” McCain Hired Super-Lawyer Bob Bennett to deal with Story he Denied Happened “Gutter Politics” is Another Label McCain Used The expected denials of an earlier story posted on the Drudge Reports website about presidential candidate, John McCain, and memebers of his campaign staff ...
McCain, Campaign Officials Pressure NY Times to Kill Lobbyist Story
2007-12-20 19:04:00 Names, Details Emerge from “Media Battle” Between McCain, NY Times A Battle over the Story Also within the Times Itself To Publish or Not to Publish? Names have been named in the John McCain Storying Quashing Story. The latest report from Drudge details a heated media battle, not only between Senator John McCain and the New York Times over ...
McCain Tries Spiking Times Lobbyist Story: Keating Five Ghosts Reappear?
2007-12-20 17:26:00 Drudge Reports That John McCain is Waging “Furious Battle” with NY Times At the Heart: A story that McCain Gave “Special Treatment” to Lobbyist Keating Five Past May Reappear in McCain Stories John McCain, a member of the Keating Five back in the 90s, has reportedly tried to talk the New York Times out of running a story ...
Mortgage Reform amendment to Truth in Lending Act - passess first test by H
2007-11-08 20:33:00 The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 better know as HR 3915 passed through the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services this week. This new legislation passed by a 45-19 vote. Ok so what does this mean for the Real Estate industry as a whole and does it fix or correct the ...
Hillary Clinton Gets Max Donations From Pakistan Lobbyist
2007-11-07 16:51:00 This is from a Huff Post Blogger Zephyr Teachout. Zephyr reports..."Like others in the race for the White House, Hillary Clinton has strong words for Pakistan, but has yet to propose the United States seriously consider limiting its aid to the country. But unlike the other leading Democratic presidential hopefuls, Edwards and Obama, she has accepted tens of thousands of dollars from Pakistan's lobbyists, Cassidy & Associates. Its founder, Gerald Cassidy, long ago maxed out his donations to her.According to the Foreign Agents Registration Act website, Pakistan recently hired Cassidy and Associates for a one year, $1.2 million/year contract. The Cassidy contract with Pakistan makes for good reading. For the $1.2 million, "target audiences will be identified for critical message reception," and Cassidy will inventively move beyond pushing pieces in the mainstream media, also focusing on blog outreach. In other words, Cassidy will shill and propagandize for one year, and use its contac...
The telecom lobbyist speaks!
2007-11-05 18:09:00 John Ashcroft, the former AG turned telecom lobbyist, has an OP-ED in the New York Times defending immunity for the telecoms in the illegal wire tapping conducted by the Bush/Cheney cabal before and after 911. Not much that you wouldn't expect but this stands out: If the attorney general of the United States says that an intelligence-gathering operation has been determined to be lawful, a company should be able to rely on that determination. Indeed, contrary to the assertion of Senator Russell Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, no company can realistically be expected to contradict such judgments by the attorney general, as they will simply not have the facts at hand to do so.Even more important than the inherent unfairness of requiring companies to second-guess executive-branch legal judgments are the acute dangers to which it would expose the country. One of our nation?s most important comparative advantages over our adversaries is the creativity and robustness of the private secto...
Tech Companies Paid Lobbyist $300,000
2007-11-02 05:34:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of high-tech companies paid Elmendorf Strategies LLC $300,000 in the first half of 2007 to lobby the federal government in favor of patent reform, according to a recent disclosure form. Read the entire original post AP
Dick Morris: Fred Thompson first lobbyist for president?
2007-09-22 21:00:00 I have tried to keep myself from getting caught up in the Fred O’Mania that’s been going on since he started hinting that he was considering a run for the presidency. The American electorate, so desperate for a real conservative after eight years of a president who ran as a conservative yet governs as a liberal. To many Fred Thompson fits that bill. Dick Morris seems to think otherwise. I will be posting a couple of other pieces by Morris on Thompson. It is not meant as any sort of slap at Thompson of course. It is just being *ahemm* Fair and Balanced. ~RJH  Dick Morris article link FRED THOMPSON: FIRST LOBBYIST FOR PRESIDENTThere’s a new first in the 2008 presidential campaign.We’ve already seen the first woman candidate, Hillary Clinton and the first African American with widespread support and a serious chance at winning the presidency.But now there’s another groundbreaker: the first lobbyist candidate — Fred Thompson.Thompson was a lobbyist for 20 years before he was elec...
Lobbyists Hired to Back Allawi
2007-08-27 04:49:00 Former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who is trying to put together a new coalition to replace the current Baghdad government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, said yesterday that a powerful Washington lobbying firm is working on his behalf,
By: Get rich
Lobbyists Hired to Back Allawi
2007-08-27 04:49:00 Former interim Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, who is trying to put together a new coalition to replace the current Baghdad government headed by Nouri al-Maliki, said yesterday that a powerful Washington lobbying firm is working on his behalf,
By: Get rich
Disney's lobbyists win visa victory
2007-08-25 20:24:00 WASHINGTON - Walt Disney Co. spends millions of dollars each year lobbying Congress on issues ranging from travel restrictions to theme-park safety -- and its latest efforts appeared to have paid off.
Microsoft?s anti-Google lobbyists, revealed
2007-08-22 19:33:00 If it wasn’t official before, we have it in writing now: Microsoft is directing at least a small fraction of its massive (by tech industry standards) lobbying shop toward Google’s proposed purchase of DoubleClick. According to a recent public disclosure filing with the U.S. Senate, Redmond has retained veteran lobbyists Thomas Boggs and Kathleen Ireland (no, ...
Dodd Goes On Offensive Against Edwards Over Lobbyists
2007-08-20 21:23:00 During yesterday’s ABC News Democratic Debate, John Edwards repeated his challenge over candidates’ acceptance of money from lobbyists: EDWARDS: …Listen, Senator Clinton, both as first lady and as a United States senator, has done a terrific job. She’s been in Washington a long time. I’ve asked — Senator, I have never taken ...
By: 2008 Central
Poll: Voters disagree with Clinton on the role of lobbyists
2007-08-09 06:36:00 A Rasmussen Reports poll of 800 likely voters released on Wednesday found that those surveyed have a much different opinion of the role of lobbyists and their ability to influence politicians than the current 2008 Democratic frontrunner.
Edwards, Clinton, and Obama debate about Lobbyist
2007-08-05 18:50:00 5min 10sec I wish I could believe Edwards. I will keep an eye on him. I put this up to show the reaction of the crowd to what Clinton said. No one believed her when she said she was not influenced by all the money she received. She recently received a big check from Newscorp. It ...
By: Current Era Blog
YearlyKos - Hillary Clinton Says She Takes Lobbyists' Money - Barack Obama
2007-08-05 15:55:00 Senator Hillary Clinton came to the Yearly Kos convention to be around some friends -- including the Daily Kos which has taken $5,000 in weekly ad revenues from her -- and annouced controversially that she takes money from lobbyists, saying they represent "real Americans." Wow. Tell that to the millions of Americans who can't afford health care because of the health care lobby that gives money to Senator Clinton. How is she supposed to reform the American health care system with this track record? Fortunately, Senator Barack Obama didn't let her brazen comments go without an excellent rebutal, one that sent the crowd into a frenzy. Think I'm kidding? Look at this video: Since then, her comments are the talk of the Blogsphere and Vlogsphere, too. And the vast majority of them are not favorable, as can be seen by this Huffington Post article . I think we've reached a turning point here, and it may be that Senator Clinton's biggest campaign wound was self-inflicted. We...
Bill Richardson Scrutinized Over Lobbyist in Governor?s Office
2007-07-06 18:09:00 From Forbes: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson is coming under scrutiny for using an electric utility lobbyist as on-loan staffer in the governor’s office during this year’s legislative session. Attorney General Gary King said Thursday his office will review whether there were legal or ethical problems with the use of the lobbyist by the governor. King, a Democrat, ...
By: 2008 Central
Their men in Washington: Undercover with D.C.?s lobbyists for hire
2007-06-23 21:43:00 In March, when the U.S. State Department announced its new global survey of human rights, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that the report demonstrated America?s commitment to civil liberties, the rule of law, and a free press. ?We are recommitting ourselves to stand with those courageous men and women who struggle for their freedom and their rights,? she said. ?And we are recommitting ourselves to call every government to account that still treats the basic rights of its citizens as options rather than, in President Bush?s words, the non-negotiable demands of human dignity.?
By: Current Era Blog
Bush Administration Creates Investment Opportunity Via Lobbyist Turned Advi
2007-06-14 06:10:00 The line between lobbying the federal government and running it just got blurrier. A new high-ranking adviser to President Bush will enter the White House with recent lobbying ties to dozens of...
By: Jim Cramer Blog
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