Tag: Lobbying

If Ted Cruz wins Iowa, especially if he wins big, it will confirm that the subsidies and mandates for ethanol are very important only to a sliver of the population. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Beltway Confidential

Can Cruz kill King Corn?

Timothy P. Carney · January 5, 2016 9:29 pm

A trove of Hillary Clinton's private emails highlighted the former secretary of state's ties to figures outside the agency during President Obama's first term. (AP File Photo/Kathy Willens)

National Security

Hillary emails show ties to Rahm, Blumenthal, Clinton Foundation

Sarah Bedford · January 1, 2016 1:11 am

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Omnibus includes Thad Cochran’s $640 million Coast Guard cutter for K Street

Timothy P. Carney · December 18, 2015 12:31 am

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz has sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry demanding the closure of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's office in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Beltway Confidential

The ethanol lobby’s worst nightmare: A Cruz caucus victory

Timothy P. Carney · December 11, 2015 2:28 pm

Look at the legislation moving through Congress, and you'll see why lobbyists are full of holiday cheer. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

It’s Christmas on K Street

Timothy P. Carney · December 4, 2015 6:14 am

"Once again, we're just down here dumbfounded," Stewart said. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Jon Stewart lobbies for 9/11 responders on Capitol Hill

Joshua Axelrod · December 3, 2015 9:19 pm

The new group will comprise the largest oil and natural gas companies in the country. (AP Photo/File)

Energy and Environment

Energy groups merge, creating one oil and gas giant

John Siciliano · November 18, 2015 10:13 pm

Is the GOP now Paul Ryan’s party? Or is it still K Street’s party?

Timothy P. Carney · October 27, 2015 11:32 pm

The New Code

Jim Swift · October 26, 2015 3:39 pm

Ryan taps longtime lobbyist to be his chief of staff

Gabby Morrongiello · October 25, 2015 5:13 pm

Hillary pretends drugmakers, insurers are her enemies

Timothy P. Carney · October 20, 2015 10:50 pm

Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn., left,Â raised almost all of his money from corporate PACs, and more money from DC-area lobbyist-types. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Fincher, Ex-Im Bank champion, raised less than 10 percent from Tenn. residents

Timothy P. Carney · October 16, 2015 3:50 pm