Tag: Lobbying

John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, a non-profit advocacy group that vigorously supports President Obama, posed for AP Photographer Jacquelyn Martin on July 11, 2o12.

Obama’s small business advocate has big credibility problems

Richard Pollock · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christie Todd Whitman signed a recent New York Times op-ed endorsing President Obama's climate plan. (AP File)

Former officials cash in on their reputations

Timothy P. Carney · August 13, 2013 4:00 am

Heritage Action, a New Face of Lobbying

Benjamin Silver · August 12, 2013 7:16 pm

Mortgage bankers are lobbying to preserve a government backstop for the industry.

Housing groups push to keep feds in the mortgage business

Timothy P. Carney · August 10, 2013 4:00 am

The White House cancelled all tours, effective March 9, 2013, citing budget cuts necessitated by sequestration.

Beltway Confidential

White House tours cancelled, but lobbyists still get in

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2013 4:00 am

Heather Mizeur is running for governor as the liberal in a packed Democratic primary to replace term-limited Gov. Martin O'Malley. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Liberal governor candidate lobbied feds while a Maryland legislator

Timothy P. Carney · August 6, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., signed a letter demanding documents from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concerning Rajeev Date. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

House panels demand info on CFPB’s revolving door

Richard Pollock · August 1, 2013 4:00 am

Former Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, has joined the ranks of Republicans who left office after a sex scandal and became lobbyists. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Larry Craig is now a lobbyist, just like Fossella, Livingston, and Hutchinson

Timothy P. Carney · July 24, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (Kristoffer Tripplaar/Getty Images)

Obama administration packed with lobbyists he vowed not to hire

Timothy P. Carney · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her EBT/Bridge Card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer's Market in Detroit. House approval of a scaled-back farm bill is setting up what could be an even bigger fight over food stamps and the role of domestic food aid in the United States. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

House GOP passes farm subsidies — without food stamps

Timothy P. Carney · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

A pedestrian talks on his mobile phone as he crosses K Street in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Beltway Confidential

When ‘Pragmatist’ Republican really means K Street Republican

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

Steve LaTourette called the Club for Growth as "a cancer on the Republican Party." (AP File)

K Street and GOP centrists: A Washington love story

Timothy P. Carney · July 16, 2013 4:00 am