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lobbying stories: 58 news summaries

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(Newser) - The Treasury's new chief of staff once fought for the very executive bonuses Washington is trying to curb. When working for Goldman Sachs, Mark Patterson lobbied against a 2007 bill supported by Barack Obama to help limit Wall Street payouts. The initiative died in Senate committee. "Whatever Patterson had... More »

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Goldman Sachs • lobbying • Treasury Department • Timothy Geithner

AIG's Money Lined Pockets
in Washington

Dodd, Bush, Obama campaigns benefited from insurer's largesse

Mar 19, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Dodd has been a major AIG critic of late, but the Senate Banking chairman also has the uncomfortable distinction of being the politician to benefit the most from the insurer’s generosity, the Wall Street Journal reports. AIG employees have donated $280,000 to Dodd over the years,... More »

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Barack Obama • Chris Dodd • lobbying • AIG • political donations • George W. Bush

(Newser) - In his address to Congress, President Obama made it clear certain industries are in his crosshairs, from agribusiness to defense to health care. But those industries aren’t taking it lying down, the Wall Street Journal reports. They’re spending big on lobbyists, hoping to derail—or at least reshape—... More »

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Barack Obama • agriculture • Boeing • health care industry • lobbying • lobbyists • defense spending • utilities • Obama administration • President Obama

(Newser) - Timothy Geithner announced new rules cracking down on lobbyist influence over government bailout funds today, the Wall Street Journal reports. “American taxpayers deserve to know that their money is spent in the most effective way to stabilize the financial system,” the newly-minted Treasury secretary said. Contact with... More »

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lobbying • lobbyists • bailout • Troubled Asset Relief Program • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner • TARP

 Bailout Bucks Go to Lobbyists 

Bailed-out firms' spending on lobbying threatens to spark government backlash

Jan 24, 09 6:59 AM CST
(Newser) - A surprising number of firms that reaped billions in bailout funds from the government have been spending big to lobby the government for more, the New York Times reports. Citigroup, General Motors, and at least seven others have paid lobbyists millions since October. Some recipients actually increased the amount they... More »

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lobbying • lobbyists • bailout • Washington lobbyists • Troubled Asset Relief Program • financial crisis • TARP

 Mac Is Back, 
 Pushing Reforms 

GOP stalwart returns to Senate, eye on reining in lobbying and earmarks

Jan 8, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. John McCain, forgotten but not gone after his failed bid for the presidency, was back in form this week as he pushed bipartisan reform of earmarks and lobbying, Congressional Quarterly reports. Though the Arizona Republican’s eyes were watery and he had some trouble reading at the press conference,... More »

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John McCain • Senate • earmarks • Republican Party • lobbying • Senate GOP • political action committees • McCain 2008 • bipartisanship • the Hispanic vote • young voters

Burris Ties to Blago Include Donations, Job for Wife

Senate aspirant no stranger to pay-to-play politics

Jan 8, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Senate Democrats are lauding Roland Burris as a faithful public servant who happens to owe his appointment to a crooked governor, but the Illinois politician has some pretty close—perhaps suspect—ties to Blagojevich, the Chicago Tribune reports. Burris and affiliates in his lobbying firm contributed $20,000 to Blagojevich... More »

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politics • contracts • corruption • Illinois • lobbying • Rod Blagojevich • government contracts • Roland Burris

Caroline Has Been Stingy With NY Dems

Lack of donations may hurt efforts to gain
Clinton's Senate seat

Dec 26, 08 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy has not donated much money to New York Democrats, and it could dent her appeal to Gov. David Paterson as he decides on his appointment to fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, the New York Daily News reports. Although Kennedy has given around $30,000 to federal candidates,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • New York • lobbying • Christine Quinn • governor • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political donations • David Paterson • John Liu

 Spouses Put Obama's 
 Lobbying Rules to Test 

President-elect struggles with ethical promises

Dec 15, 08 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The spouses of some of Barack Obama’s top appointees are lobbyists, the New York Times reports, presenting a test to strict ethics policies the Democrat pushed on the campaign trail. Health Secretary-designate Tom Daschle’s wife, Linda, is one of Washington’s top aviation lobbyists, and reported energy-czar pick... More »

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ethics • Barack Obama • lobbying • lobbyists • transition • Tom Daschle • President Obama • Carol Browner • Linda Daschle

OPINION

Market Now Runs on Politics, Not Economics

Krauthammer: In bailout era, Democrat fiats are dangerous

Nov 28, 08 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Once upon a time, “if you wanted to get rich, you did it the Warren Buffett way,” writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. “You learned to read balance sheets.” That changed with the Bear Stearns rescue. Today, political maneuvering is what moves the... More »

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lobbying • auto industry • financial sector • bailout • financial crisis

Lobbyists Gobbling Up $700B Bailout

There's not much left as everyone fights for piece of shrinking pie

Nov 12, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - That $700 billion allocated in this fall's federal bailout sounded like a lot of money—but after a feeding frenzy led by Washington lobbyists, there's not much cash left over, reports the New York Times. Of the first tranche of $350 billion, only $60 billion remains uncommitted, and everyone from... More »

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lobbying • Treasury Department • lobbyists • lobbying blitz • bailout • Wall Street bailout

 Huge Bush 
 Deregulation 
 Push Before 
 Jan. 20 

White House will relax rules on environment, consumer protection

Oct 31, 08 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - George W. Bush is president for 11 more weeks, and the White House is plotting to use that time to modify federal regulations to weaken protections for consumers and the environment. The deregulatory initiatives would be some of the most controversial of the Bush era, reports the Washington Post, lifting... More »

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Bush administration • White House • executive order • lobbying • U.S. environmental laws • George W. Bush • deregulation

More AIG Splurges: $86K Hunting Trip, Lobbyists

$86K trip to England comes after feds' $85B handout, $38B loan

Oct 16, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(AP) - The $440,000 spa weekend isn't the only outrageous splurge AIG seems to have indulged in after being bailed out by taxpayers last month. Now come news of an $86,000 hunting trip in England, turned up by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. And the faltering insurance giant is... More »

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Federal Reserve • lobbying • AIG • bailout • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Goldman Sachs
Is DC's Top
Sugar Daddy

$43M since '89 on lobbying, donations greases bailout wheels

Sep 26, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Goldman Sachs has given Washington plenty of reasons to help it out—43 million reasons, to be precise. Goldman bankers have been the nation’s biggest campaign contributors this year, and have poured more than $43 million into lobbying and campaign war chests since 1989, ABC News reports. “They... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • Goldman Sachs • Henry Paulson • lobbying • campaign contributions • bailout • financial crisis

Office Records Contradict Palin's Troopergate Claims

'Unauthorized' trip by 'rogue' commissioner was OK'd by governor's office

Sep 20, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Sarah Palin's office actually approved a trip to Washington that her lawyers have been offering as evidence of the "rogue mentality" for which her public safety chief was fired, reports ABC News. Documents show that Palin’s chief of staff signed off on Walt Monegan's trip "to... More »

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Alaska • lobbying • Troopergate • Sarah Palin • Walt Monegan • Mike Wooten

ANALYSIS

 Campaign Skirts 
 Obama Lobbyist Ban 

Spouses, colleagues of lobbyists contributing to Democrat

Sep 18, 08 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has built his campaign on being a Washington outsider, and won’t accept contributions from registered federal lobbyists. But Obama’s candidacy is far from untouched by special-interest cash, Matthew Cooper writes in Portfolio. The wives of more than 20 Washington lobbyists have donated to the Democrat, who... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • lobbying • Washington lobbyists

Auto Giants Press Congress for $25B Loan

Credit pinch, oil prices could cost thousands of jobs, execs say

Sep 18, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CEOs of US auto giants seem to have convinced some in Congress they, too, need billions in federal loans, the Detroit Free Press reports, though it’s uncertain if they’ll get the $25 billion they’re asking for. High oil and commodity prices and tightened credit threaten jobs... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Ford • lobbying • auto industry • Big Three • loan • bailout • federal loans • job

Lobbying Law Won't Crimp Convention Parties

Loopholes allow lavish bashes for lawmakers

Aug 16, 08 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tough new rules aimed at weakening the influence of lobbyists won't keep Democrats and Republicans away from some of the most lavish convention parties ever seen, funded by those seeking to influence legislation, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dozens of loopholes allow lawmakers to skirt the legislation by accepting gifts... More »

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Democratic National Convention • lobbyist • Republican Party • lobbying • Democratic Party • Republican National Convention

 Bush Library
 Donors Gain
 Access to Rice
 and Cheney 

UK probe reveals meetings for dollars

Jul 12, 08 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - An undercover probe has confirmed rumors that donors to President Bush's $200 million library are gaining access to his inner circle, the London Times reports. Bush lobbyist Stephen Payne offered an undercover reporter face-to-face meetings with Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, among others, for payments of $600,000 to $750,... More »

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Bush administration • Dick Cheney • Condoleezza Rice • lobbying • presidential library

Hedge Funds Turn Bullish
on Lobbying

As Congress ponders new taxes, regulations, industry opens wallet

Jul 8, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hedge-fund industry is stepping up its lobbying efforts, Politico reports, having belatedly realized how tempting a target it presents to cash-strapped politicians. Facing attacks from both sides of the aisle for their tax-free offshore accounts and lightly taxed incomes, hedge funds upped lobbying spending to $1.9 million last... More »

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lobbying • lobbyists • tax breaks • hedge funds

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