Tag: Lobbying

"The manufacturing of tanks -- powerful but cumbersome -- is no longer essential, the military says." That's from a Washington Post article on the debate over whether we need to build more tanks. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Army doesn’t want tanks; K Street does

Timothy P. Carney · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

K Street in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

How the party leadership and K Street won the farm bill fight

Timothy P. Carney · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Law doesn’t end revolving door on Capitol Hill

Washington Examiner · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in May 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Congressman Michael ‘I will break you in half’ Grimm is literally indebted to K Street giant Patton Boggs

Timothy P. Carney · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Jon Stewart mocks Nancy Pelosi over Obamacare, political money, incompetence

Paul Bedard · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

Fat City

Geoffrey Norman · January 28, 2014 5:36 pm

Timothy P. Carney on Chuck Schumer: Voice of the little man, courtier of plutocrats

Timothy P. Carney · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

Tech firms spent $61m to influence Washington last year

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin. Â

Defense contractors spent millions lobbying Congress, get billions in new budget

Eric Boehm · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Silicon Valley ‘More Receptive’ to K Street

Geoffrey Norman · January 22, 2014 7:19 pm

Ray LaHood was U.S. Transportation secretary from 2009 until 2013 and represented Illinois in congress from 1994 until 2008. (AP File)

Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joins law firm, says he won’t be a lobbyist

Associated Press · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

‘Disconnect’ Between Political Class and American People

Geoffrey Norman · January 21, 2014 3:19 pm