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  • Insurers’ Special Holiday Recipe, Just For You


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    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 ...
    20 hours ago
  • Something Stinks on the Links


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    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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Draining The Swamp


    Democrashield.comAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Lobbyists Losing Jobs Too


    AlexandriaAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • "K" bye: Obama v. Lobbyists


    The Political CarnivalAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Colorado Calf Mutilations, Caribbean Weirdness, Special K Street


    Notes From a Grumpy Old ManAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels


    Mountain SageAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Obama Bans Lobbyists From Federal Advisory Boards! What Are Federal Advisory Boards?


    Understanding GovernmentAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Something To Be Thankful For


    Broadway Carl's Blog-O-ManiaAuthority 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, ...
    1 day ago
  • Lobbyists to Be Banned From Government Advisory Panels


    Library GrapeAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Obama boots lobbyists off federal advisory panels


    swimming freestyleAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Lobbyists pushed off federal advisory panels (Obama admits lobbyist are a part of his WH)


    StupidicaAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • White House saw lobbyists often during health care debate


    Progressive News DailyAuthority 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 ...
    1 day ago
  • Editorial: Fly the Sleazy Skies


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    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.
    1 day ago
  • Obamas Top Aides Met Often With Health Care Lobbyists [Corrupt From The Start!]


    StupidicaAuthority 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 ...
    2 days ago
  • Additional Names of Visitors Are Released by White House


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    A roster of business executives, Democratic strategists and lobbyists came to the White House for meetings, events or tours.
    3 days ago
  • AP IMPACT: A stream of WH health care visits (AP)


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    3 days ago
  • Obama’s Top Aides Met Often With Health Care Lobbyists


    American Conservative DailyAuthority 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.
    3 days ago
  • Tarryl Said What???


    Let Freedom RingAuthority 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 ...
    3 days ago
  • National Briefing | Washington: Sentencing in Lobbying Case


    NYT > TheaterAuthority 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.
    3 days ago

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