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• in Politics
  Congress Wants the Skinny on Weight Loss Surgery Business
  Congress wants more transparency in ads for Lap Band Surgery.
  by sethjared / on Jan 25, 2012
• in Politics
  Wall Street Fears Occupy Wall Street?
  The financial industry has much to fear from Occupy Wall Street, according to a leaked memo.
  by stephengfm / on Nov 19, 2011
• in Politics
  The Wrong Text in the Wrong Place
  States try to clamp down on text-messaging between lobbyists and lawmakers during public meetings.
  by barrytechno / on Mar 27, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “lobbying”

 

• E-Filing Campaign Finances Remains a Rarity for Senators

  
  OpenSecrets Blog — Authority: 622
  In this Internet Age, 81 senators have Twitter accounts for lightning-fast bursts of communication. Yet only a handful of them typically file their campaign finance reports electronically. In recent days, only eight senators voluntarily fast-tracked their campaign finance numbers by electronically sending them to ...
  20 hours ago

• Egypt says it ended US lobbyists contract

  
  ExaminerPolitics.com — Authority: 140
  The Associated Press The Associated Press CAIRO Egypts Foreign Ministry says that Cairo has ended a contract with three Washington lobbying firms ...
  3 days ago

• Civil Society in Zimbabwe not lobbying Parliament

  
  Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe — Authority: 112
  Here’s an excerpt from an interview I’ve just done with the Executive Director of the Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust, John Makamure: You work with both Civil Society and Parliament. For a very long time Civil Society has been advocating for media freedom, but obviously the legislative environment ...
  6 days ago

• Home cooks lobby for Colorado bill

  
  Washington Examiner — Authority: 691
  The Associated Press The Associated Press DENVER It could be a tasty day at the state Capitol as home cooks descend on lawmakers with baked ...
  6 days ago

• Officials, Industry Discuss IPR In Relation To Economy And Society

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 115
  Two top international organisations in Geneva are working to adapt to trends in global intellectual property systems with an eye toward contributing to a positive economic impact, officials told a private sector conference this week. But they heard a complex message about the role of IP in addressing public policy ...
  6 days ago

• Why Only Non-Health Care Business Can Save America From The Health Care Industry

  
  The Doctor Weighs In — Authority: 114
  Brian Klepper Posted 1/26/12 on Care & Cost The attached PP deck is a presentation I’ve given several times that has received an overwhelmingly positive, if frightened, reception. It is, perhaps, the most disturbing public argument of my career (which is going some), because it tries to document the health ...
  6 days ago

• ICC’s 2012 IP Roadmap Lays Out Key Policy Issues

  
  Intellectual Property Watch — Authority: 115
  The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) yesterday released a business guide to key intellectual property policy issues worldwide. Related Articles: EPIP Brussels Event Looks At Current Issues In IP Policy Brussels IP Week: Key Debates, Opportunities In Global IP, Innovation The Year Ahead 2012: Top IP ...
  1 week ago

• With T-Mobile deal dead, AT&T is scaling back on lobbying force (Kevin Bogardus/The Hill)

  
  Apple Secrets — Authority: 140
  Kevin Bogardus / The Hill: With T-Mobile deal dead, AT&T is scaling back on lobbying force   —  Telecom behemoth AT&T has begun shedding lobbyists in the wake of its failed merger with T-Mobile.  —  At least four lobby firms that lobbied on the merger have filed termination reports this month ...
  1 week ago

• Protest Against “Big Oil Corruption”

  
  Oil Change — Authority: 501
  At noon today, a coalition of environmental groups, including Oil Change International and 350.org will blow the whistle of “Big Oil’s corruption” on Capitol Hill, hours before Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address. Activists will be gathering at the Capitol dressed in referee uniforms and then ...
  1 week ago

• Newt: “David (Gregory), “Meet the Press”), you know better. I was not a lobbyist.”

  
  GoodOleWoody's Blog — Authority: 499
  THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL "TEA ROSE"! With a mixed bag political history and a personal history of a “trashy life.” it is curious why disgraced ex-speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich gets incensed when the media correctly call him a lobbyist. He could not truthfully say what his job was at Fannie Mae. Or, was it ...
  1 week ago

• News You Can Use Digest – January 23, 2012

  
  Lobby Comply — Authority: 120
  Federal: Big Spending on Presidential Candidates Can Have Little Effect Google Protest of Anti-Piracy Bills Upends Traditional Lobbying New Super PAC Breed Pushed by Group From the States and Municipalities: California Business Interests Add to Speaker’s Rubber Duck Flock Connecticut SEEC ...
  1 week ago

• Its time for transparency about lobbying if we are to clean up politics | Jon Trickett

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 133
  Properly regulated lobbying can be a healthy part of democracy, but it needs to be open and fair to reassure a sceptical public Prevarication. Obfuscation. Delay. These have been the three government watchwords as they try to work out what to do with the lobbying industry. The government report on lobbying should ...
  1 week ago

• SOPA Fight Pits Big Porn Against Little Porn

  
  Roll Call Gallery Current Issue — Authority: 723
  The Web blackout mounted this week by Internet companies to protest anti-piracy legislation appears to have derailed the measures and won the day for an unusual constituency: online pornographers.
  1 week ago

• Representation Without Taxation: Fortune 500 Companies that Spend Big on Lobbying and Avoid Taxes

  
  Irish Left Review — Authority: 465
  Representation Without Taxation: Fortune 500 Companies that Spend Big on Lobbying and Avoid TaxesA new report identifies thirty Fortune 500 corporations that pay less in federal income taxes than they spend on federal lobbying.We identify the “Dirty Thirty” companies that were especially aggressive at dodging ...
  1 week ago

• Spending Money to Make Money

  
  California Progress Report — Authority: 121
  By Pedro Morillas CALPIRG With the second anniversary approaching of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United case – which opened the floodgates to corporate spending on elections – it’s worth a look at whether playing in politics actually pays off for corporate interests. As it so happens, it ...
  1 week ago

• Snyder pushes for stricter ethics, lobbying and campaign finance laws – Detroit Free Press

  
  Finance, Business & Money News by FinanceLogger.com — Authority: 123
  Snyder pushes for stricter ethics, lobbying and campaign finance laws Detroit Free Press Rick Snyder on Wednesday called for stricter ethics, lobbying and campaign finance laws, including tighter controls on officials who leave state government to go work for contractors they dealt with in their official ...
  1 week ago

• Cuomo Gets Help Promoting Agenda From Business Leaders

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 865
  A business lobbying coalition has promoted Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s agenda with an outlay that dwarfs his own campaign’s — “a game-changer,” one researcher said.
  2 weeks ago

• Boris aide in planning permission row over £125million luxury flats

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 164
  http://www.mirror.co.uk/ Boris aide in planning permission row over £125million luxury flats Boris Johnson is facing calls for an inquiry into an aide’s role after ­planning permission was granted for a £125million ­development of luxury flats connected to a lobbying firm. published date:Thu, 19 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rules of the Game: Some Say Nixing Contribution Limits Will Level Playing Field

  
  Roll Call Gallery Current Issue — Authority: 723
  Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said that unrestricted super PACs are a "disaster" and should "disappear" - including the one thats spent close to $8 million pummeling his GOP primary opponents.
  2 weeks ago

• "Nerd Lobby" Shows Muscle in Debate Over Piracy Bills

  
  Voices on All Things Digital — Authority: 121
  Late last fall, a select group met in the White House Situation Room to discuss U.S. Internet security and how it might falter if two anti-piracy bills being debated in Congress were to pass. The attendees included veteran Washington policymakers and cyberdefense experts. But one person — an engineer named Dan ...
  2 weeks ago

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