Tag: Lobbying

State Department Coordinator for Cuban Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson leaves a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez prior to their news conference at the State Department, in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Critics, watchdogs question stealth Cuba lobbying campaign

Susan Crabtree · August 24, 2015 4:01 am

Hillary’s Everyday People

Geoffrey Norman · August 20, 2015 1:02 pm

The issue arose when a complaint last year named the McDonald's Corp. as a "joint employer" with its local franchises, a new and unusual interpretation of ownership. (AP)

Hotels, restaurants seek cover from Congress on NLRB ruling

Sean Higgins · August 15, 2015 4:01 am

Katie McGinty has entered the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania. (AP file)

Beltway Confidential

Revolving-door drug lobbyist enters Pa. Senate race

Timothy P. Carney · August 12, 2015 1:36 pm

The "Cadillac" tax got its name because it goes after very expensive healthcare plans. (Bloomberg Photos)

Dems and unions attack Obamacare ‘Cadillac’ tax

Robert King · August 12, 2015 4:01 am

The petition appears to be motivated by the reaction of Speaker Boehner and other Republicans in Congress to the renaming of Mt. McKinley to Denali. (AP Photo)

Top Boehner health aide leaving

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 5, 2015 12:30 pm

Democrats, combined with the GOP support, will produce more than the 218 signatures needed to push the bill that would revive the Export-Import Bank to the floor for a vote in late October. (AP Photo)

When the war on cronyism clashes with the pursuit of profit

Timothy P. Carney · August 4, 2015 10:01 pm

President Obama insisted Monday that administration officials are "just providing the facts" about the Iran nuclear deal. (AP Photo)

National Security

Obama says he’s just ‘presenting facts’ on Iran deal, not lobbying

Charles Hoskinson · July 27, 2015 2:13 pm

Republican presidential candidate former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the Maverick PAC conference Friday, July 17, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Beltway Confidential

Jeb Bush vs. the revolving door: Advocates 6-year lobbying ban

Timothy P. Carney · July 20, 2015 10:30 am

Taxing Cadillacs

Geoffrey Norman · July 13, 2015 7:44 pm

Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood, R-Dunlap, speaks to reporters at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, March 18, 2015, after announcing earlier in the day that he will run for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat. Schock announced Tuesday, March 17 he will resign at the end of the month. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Beltway Confidential

Special election to replace Aaron Schock pits K Street against Tea Party

Timothy P. Carney · July 2, 2015 8:31 pm

Spanish civil guard looks at a TV crew as he guards the U.S. embassy in Madrid, Monday, May 2, 2011.Â The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents top Hollywood studios, funded screening rooms in four U.S. embassies, including the facility in Madrid, according to ProPublica.Â (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Report: Hollywood lobbied State Dept., built theaters at embassies

Sarah Bedford · July 2, 2015 7:44 pm