Tag: "Lobbyists"

If Your Dad is a Democratic Congressman, Magic Just Happens!

| January 29, 2009 | Comments (2)

Geez, Democrats, corrupt much? A top House Republican is demanding an investigation into whether the more than $2 billion for national parks in the House stimulus package is proper in light of the fact that the chief lobbyist for the National Parks Conservation Association is the son of House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey. [...]

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Yeah, We’re Idiots for Listening to Them

| November 13, 2008 | Comments (0)

Remember how Treasury Secretary Paulson said that he watned 700 billion dollars to buy up bad debts so that banks wouldn’t have to worry about them? Remember how the people who liked that idea told us that we might just get our money back selling that debt off after a couple few years so that [...]

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No Lobbyists Allowed…Kind of.

| November 12, 2008 | Comments (0)

What? You thought things would be different? The Obama transition team, meanwhile, unveiled new rules yesterday on hiring lobbyists that are different than any previous administration’s. But is this a change you can believe in? Forgive the mocking of campaign rhetoric, but get used to it, because John Podesta’s explanation yesterday of how 44 will [...]

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