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DCCC Not Giving Up JackAbramoff.com

Abramoff has been in hot pursuit to get his domain name back since last fall when he called the DCCC personally to ask for it. Now Abramoff has filed a complaint against the DCCC with the National Arbitration Forum. The party committee has until June 27 to reply with its [...]

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Posted by editor - June 20, 2012 at 3:28 pm

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Is The Influence Of Lobbyists Fading?

LOBBYISTS, HILL STAFF FACE MASSIVE DISCONNECT: Lobbyists and congressional staffers haunt the same corridors of power. But as they attempt to communicate, deliberate and share information, Congress and K Street are often wildly disconnected, with technology and age exacerbating matters, according to the results of the largest survey of its [...]

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Posted by editor - June 12, 2012 at 2:47 pm

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K Street Cut Back On Republican Convention Due To Tighter Rules

K STREET CUTTING BACK ON GOP CONVENTION – Anna Palmer : “Many of the K Street outfits that are going plan to cut back from years past – hosting lunches instead of blowout parties, for instance. … [T]ight corporate budgets, ethics rules and unappealing [Tampa] weather [are blamed for cutbacks [...]

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Posted by editor - May 28, 2012 at 7:09 am

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Lobbyist Top 20 List

ANALYSIS … NEW FORTUNE 500 FEATURES TOP LOBBYING POWERHOUSES – MOSTLY: The companies topping the newly released Fortune 500 list (http://cnnmon.ie/K8RNmW) are frequently – but not always – among the nation’s top federal lobbying forces, a PI analysis concludes. To wit: Energy company ConocoPhillips is No. 4 on the Fortune [...]

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Posted by editor - May 11, 2012 at 1:16 pm

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Veteran Tax Lobbyist Launches New Chapter

Exclusive from Politico.com: LEVY O’DONNELL LAUNCHES NEW CHAPTER: Veteran tax lobbyist Dawn Levy O’Donnell is rebranding her tax practice, D Squared Tax Strategies, in a new partnership with Alliantgroup. After years serving as tax counsel to the Senate Finance Committee and leading up Cassidy & Associates‘s $1 million tax practice, [...]

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Posted by editor - April 27, 2012 at 11:32 am

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The Foreign Lobbying Loophole

WOLF SAYS FOREIGN LOBBYING BILL NOT ‘FOR JUST DISCUSSION PURPOSES’: If Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has his legislative way, a slew of top government officials – congress members, high-ranking executive branch and military members, ambassadors and CIA foreign station chiefs, among them – would face 10-year bans on lobbying for a foreign government. [...]

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Posted by editor - April 25, 2012 at 9:32 pm

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American League of Lobbyists and Europe Counterparts Forming Body

Update on the Lobbying Trends News: AMERICAN, EUROPEAN LOBBYISTS FORMING INTERNATIONAL BODY: The American League of Lobbyists and three of its European counterparts – theAssociation of Accredited Lobbyists to the European Union, Italy’s Public Affairs Association and the Croatian Society of Lobbyists - have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a nonprofit, international lobbying industry organization [...]

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Posted by editor - April 20, 2012 at 12:57 pm

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Lobbyist Group Wants Better Regulation – Tighter Rules

WASHINGTON, INC. – “Lobbyists group calls for tighter registration rules,” by Lori Sharn of CEO Update : “The American League of Lobbyists released recommendations [yesterday] that would require many more thousands to register as lobbyists, while also lifting some of the restrictions that current lobbyists face … One of the [...]

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Posted by editor - April 11, 2012 at 7:42 am

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