Lobbying

GOP Lobbyist: Business Needs to ‘Step Up’ Against the Tea Party

GOP Lobbyist: Business Needs to ‘Step Up’ Against the Tea Party GOP Lobbyist: Business Needs to ‘Step Up’ Against the Tea Party

A corporate lobbyist says his party should “nominate Republicans who have a belief in the Constitution as it’s supposed to work out.”

Oct 9, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown

Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown Meet the Evangelical Cabal Orchestrating the Shutdown

The Conservative Action Project, the organization orchestrating the shutdown strategy, is run by a cabal of evangelical and radical-right leaders. 

Oct 8, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

Tea Party Lawmaker Letter on Med Device Tax Repeal Authored by Lobby Group

Tea Party Lawmaker Letter on Med Device Tax Repeal Authored by Lobby Group Tea Party Lawmaker Letter on Med Device Tax Repeal Authored by Lobby Group

A letter signed by over seventy right-wing lawmakers was authored by a medical device tax industry group, metadata shows.

Sep 28, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

GOP Debt-Ceiling Bill Violates Boehner’s ‘Pledge to America’

GOP Debt-Ceiling Bill Violates Boehner’s ‘Pledge to America’ GOP Debt-Ceiling Bill Violates Boehner’s ‘Pledge to America’

The House Republican plan to hold the debt ceiling hostage in exchange for over twenty corporate giveaways violates their ethics pledge, which calls for advancing major legislation...

Sep 27, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

Plutocracy Is the Problem

Plutocracy Is the Problem Plutocracy Is the Problem

WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: It is up to the American people to insist that corporations are not people, money is not speech and elections are not up for sale.

Sep 26, 2013 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal and StudentNation

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some Sabotaging Obamacare Is a Lucrative Endeavor for Some

Campaign consultants and health insurance agents stand to gain from sabatoging the rollout of health reform. 

Sep 25, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

The Case for Gun Liability Laws

The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws

When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.

Sep 24, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured

Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured Generation Opportunity, New Koch-Funded Front, Says Youth Are Better Off Uninsured

A new Koch-funded political group has a message for young people: you’re better off uninsured. 

Sep 19, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate

How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate How a Koch Brothers ‘Business League’ Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate

A previously unknown “secret bank” funds massive projects to overturn Obamacare, mangle Social Security and advance austerity.

Sep 12, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt GE Gave $1 Million to Fix the Debt

General Electric gave $1 million to the pro-austerity group Fix the Debt last year.

Aug 21, 2013 / Blog / Lee Fang

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