Lobbyists

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• Insurers’ Special Holiday Recipe, Just For You

  
  odd time signatures — Authority: 493
  If you follow me on Twitter, you know I was vying for my dream job. This was my writing sample. I didn’t get the job, so figured I’d share this special recipe with you all instead. Joe Lieberman is dead wrong when he says it’s better not to have health care reform than it would be to include a public ...
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• Something Stinks on the Links

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 468
  From POLITICO : By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer. He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Original DVD cover (In the golf ...
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• Draining The Swamp

  
  Democrashield.com — Authority: 431
  The Obama administration recently announced a new policy that will bar lobbyists from serving on federal advisory boards, which will end up removing hundreds–if not thousands–of lobbyists from such positions:The new policy — issued with little fanfare this fall by the White House ethics counsel — may turn out ...
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• Lobbyists Losing Jobs Too

  
  Alexandria — Authority: 487
  Via Outside the Beltway, Dan Eggen at the Washington Post has nice article out on how lobbyists are losing jobs. Key quotes….. Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s ...
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• "K" bye: Obama v. Lobbyists

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 679
  By GottaLaff I love how President Obama does big things with "little fanfare". All that punditiot blather about "celebrity" this and "attention whore" that just make this sweeter: Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed ...
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• Colorado Calf Mutilations, Caribbean Weirdness, Special K Street

  
  Notes From a Grumpy Old Man — Authority: 129
  Paul Krugman David Harsanyi Robert Scheer Eugene Robinson "Is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the very banks that caused the financial meltdown?" - Robert Scheer " The ...
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• New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels

  
  Mountain Sage — Authority: 134
  Lobbyists are, of course, up in arms about this rule complaining that this will “neuter the voice of American business.”  The new policy does not bar top corporate officers from sitting on advisor panels as long as they aren’t lobbyists. Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels By Dan Eggen Washington Post ...
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• Obama Bans Lobbyists From Federal Advisory Boards! What Are Federal Advisory Boards?

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 436
  The Washington Post’s Dan Eggen reports that the White House ethics counsel has told federal agencies that they can no longer have registered lobbyists on their federal advisory boards. Federal advisory boards, Eggen explains, are a bureaucratic labyrinth of about about 1,000 panels featuring a total of 60,000 ...
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• Something To Be Thankful For

  
  Broadway Carl's Blog-O-Mania — Authority: 137
  While weve been losing out collective shit over health care refrom these last few weeks, something interesting happened that I have yet to hear from the "liberal" mainstream media. Washington Post:   Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels ...Under the policy, which is being phased in over the coming months, ...
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• Lobbyists to Be Banned From Government Advisory Panels

  
  Library Grape — Authority: 138
  News like this is unequivocally good in my view: Nearly all of this work is done below the radar, but dozens of government agencies hear from hundreds of official advisory committees, featuring tens of thousands of unpaid members. In general, the panels are made up of people with a certain expertise in obscure areas ...
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• Obama boots lobbyists off federal advisory panels

  
  swimming freestyle — Authority: 482
  Its easy to complain about the pace and competency of the Obama Administrations efforts to implement "change", but this was a nice Thanksgiving gift from the White House. Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the ...
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• Lobbyists pushed off federal advisory panels (Obama admits lobbyist are a part of his WH)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Streets influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts. The new policy -- issued with little fanfare this fall by ...
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• White House saw lobbyists often during health care debate

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  USA TODAY WASHINGTON — President Obama’s top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a sweeping plan for health care, according to White House visitor records obtained by the Associated Press. The records, obtained Wednesday, disclose ...
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• Editorial: Fly the Sleazy Skies

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  The Senate, which adopted reform relating to its members’ use of corporate jets overwhelmingly in 2007, should be furious at the F.E.C.’s recent subversion of this vital ethics reform.
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• Obamas Top Aides Met Often With Health Care Lobbyists [Corrupt From The Start!]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  November 25, 2009 Obamas Top Aides Met Often With Health Care Lobbyists AP President Obamas top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated ...
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• Additional Names of Visitors Are Released by White House

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  A roster of business executives, Democratic strategists and lobbyists came to the White House for meetings, events or tours.
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• AP IMPACT: A stream of WH health care visits (AP)

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 167
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• Obama’s Top Aides Met Often With Health Care Lobbyists

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  President Obamas top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.
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• Tarryl Said What???

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 139
  I’m certain that Tarryl Clark’s fundraising letter will raise alot of money. That said, Tarryl said something that just can’t be left unaddressed: It’s time for a Congresswoman who will actually do the job and whose first and only priority is to fight for the people of Minnesota, not the conservative ...
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• National Briefing | Washington: Sentencing in Lobbying Case

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  A former Justice Department lawyer was spared a jail sentence for his role in the influence-peddling case surrounding the convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
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