Lobbying

Asbestos Lobbying: Everyone's Doing It

by Diane Farsetta — February 7, 2006 - 4:51pm

The U.S.

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The Hill, February 7, 2006

Nuclear Company Underwrites Parliamentary Committee

by Bob Burton — January 23, 2006 - 3:11am

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's bid to pave the way for an expansion of the nuclear power industry through the 2006 Energy Review and its consultation document, Our Energy Challenge, has been hit by controversy over undisclosed corporate lobbying.

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Sunday Herald (Scotland), January 22 2006

Abramoff Stink Extends To Media

by Diane Farsetta — January 13, 2006 - 4:46pm

Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's media clients included the Magazine Publishers Association (MPA) and Primedia. For MPA, Abramoff "and an unidentified Congressional aide worked to stave off an increase in postal rates - a significant benefit for an industry that depends on the postal service," reported the New York Times.

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Advertising Age, January 11, 2006

The Lobbying Scandal Across the Pond

by Diane Farsetta — January 13, 2006 - 3:42pm

"The nuclear, pharmaceutical and drinks industries are funding and even writing policy reports in the name of influential all-party groups (APG)" in British Parliament, reports The Times.

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The Times (London, UK), January 13, 2006

GE Brings PR, Lobbying Costs To Light

by Diane Farsetta — January 11, 2006 - 11:09am

From 1990 to 2005, General Electric spent more than $122 million on public relations, lobbying and legal efforts, "to fight demands that it clean up three contaminated polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) sites," reports O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), January 11, 2006

Think Tanks' Compassionate Conservatism

by Bob Burton — January 10, 2006 - 7:44pm

As the toll mounts from U.S. political scandals, think tanks have provided new homes to some of the fallen. The Hudson Institute has appointed I.

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Hudson Institute Media Release, January 6, 2006

A Lobby Shop's Rise and Fall (and Rise Again?)

by Diane Farsetta — January 10, 2006 - 6:12pm

The Alexander Strategy Group lobbying firm "will shut down at the end of the month because of its ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former House majority leader Tom DeLay." ASG owner Ed Buckham

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Washington Post, January 10, 2006

Ashcroft Group: "Let our Client's Radar Soar"

by Diane Farsetta — January 9, 2006 - 5:34pm

Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's lobbying firm has at least two new clients. Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) hired the Ashcroft Group "to help secure the U.S. government's approval to sell a weapons system to the South Korean Air Force." Since their early-warning radar system uses U.S.

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The Hill, January 4, 2006

WANTED: Citizen Journalists To Bust More Jack Abramoffs

by John Stauber — January 4, 2006 - 8:54am

Artificial Intelligence, a citizen journalist, began an article about lobbyist Jack Abramoff on our SourceWatch website two and a half years ago. Others, including SourceWatch editor Bob Burton, have added to the article. Now, Jack Abramoff's plea bargain is the biggest U.S.

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SourceWatch, January 3, 2006
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