Tag: Lobbying

Beltway Confidential

The Great Healthcare Cashout: At least 30 Obamacare authors on K Street

Timothy P. Carney · August 26, 2013 12:00 am

FILE - In this May 9, 2013 file photo, Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties, attends a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Acquario is among hundreds of lobbyists in at least 20 states who get public pensions because they represent associations of counties, cities and school boards, an Associated Press review found. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Private lobbyists get public pensions in 20 states

Associated Press · August 25, 2013 4:00 am

EDITOR’S NOTE: American Banker and ‘drive-by journalism’

Mark Tapscott · August 22, 2013 4:00 am

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Some argue that conservatives should support a carbon tax if it is truly revenue-neutral.

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s ‘friendly utility lobbyists’ and cap-and-trade

Timothy P. Carney · August 22, 2013 4:00 am

Crane & Co. has produced all the paper for currency since 1879, according to Wikipedia. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

The dollar bill has lobbyists, too

Michael Barone · August 21, 2013 4:00 am

A majority of members present at a meeting of the Freedom of Information Advisory Council chose not to push a bill that would have required Virginia to comply with all requests from U.S. citizens. (Thinkstock)

Don’t bother asking, Virginia FOIA panel tells outsiders

Kathryn Watson · August 21, 2013 4:00 am

Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson told a green-energy lobbyist in 2009 to email her personal account, an apparent violation of open-government rules. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

How Lisa Jackson skirted Obama’s good-government pledge

Timothy P. Carney · August 17, 2013 4:00 am

The American Land Conservancy issued a $178 million grant to the California Rangeland Trust â Hearst Ranch, the single biggest Big Green grant. (AP File)

Top 10 jumbo foundation grants fund Big Green

Ron Arnold · August 16, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Political Capital: Taxi monopolies, revolving doors, nannies, and more

Timothy P. Carney · August 15, 2013 4:00 am

A constitutional cure for what ails us

Cal Thomas · August 15, 2013 4:00 am

Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announced her resignation in December 2012 following revelations of her use of a non de plume in a government email address to conduct official business. (AP Photo)

EPA’s Jackson used fake, home emails to work with Siemens executive

Mark Tapscott · August 14, 2013 4:00 am

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has seen the future of organized labor -- and it is a movement that doesn't necessarily include union members. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Desperate for new life, Big Labor to admit non-members into unions

Sean Higgins · August 13, 2013 4:00 am