Lobbying

Lobby, Lobby, Lobby, Get Your Influence Here

by Diane Farsetta — December 8, 2004 - 5:08pm

What were the largest lobbying contracts on Washington DC's power corridor, K Street, in 2004?

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The Hill, December 8, 2004

All the News That Fits Our Agenda

by Diane Farsetta — December 6, 2004 - 3:19pm

The Madison County Record, a new Illinois weekly newspaper, reports on "the filing of seemingly frivolous class action and other lawsuits" against businesses. The paper does not disclose that "the U.S.

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Washington Post, December 6, 2004

Powell Lobbies for Chemical Industry

by Laura Miller — November 28, 2004 - 12:00am

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is leading the charge against European Union plans to more closely control chemicals, the Independent reports. The EU directive called Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (Reach) would require registration and assessments of risks posed by chemicals to human health and the environment. Some 30,000 substances would have to be registered.

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Coalition of the Drilling

by Diane Farsetta — November 16, 2004 - 12:00am

"The [pro-Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling] coalition was industry-driven. That was the exact opposite of how to do it," said Dutko Group lobbyist Stephen Brown.

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The Hill, November 16, 2004

See Ya, Wouldn't Want to Be Ya

by Diane Farsetta — November 12, 2004 - 12:00am

Robert Blackwill, the top White House advisor on Iraq, "has taken a lobbying post at Barbour Griffith & Rogers three months prior to slated elections there," reports O'Dwyer's.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (reg. req'd.), November 12, 2004

The Post-Election Selection, on K Street

by Diane Farsetta — November 4, 2004 - 12:00am

"After convincing Election Day wins ... Republican leaders can continue to try to repopulate Washington's famous lobbying corridor," K Street, "with their brethren," reports The Hill.

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The Hill, November 4, 2004

Don't Tell the Frogs It's Safe

by Diane Farsetta — October 26, 2004 - 11:00pm

Syngenta Crop Protection hired the Alston & Bird firm, and enlisted former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, to lobby promoting the safety of atrazine, a herbicide linked to cancer and frog deformities that's been banned in the European Union. Sygenta spent $260,000 lobbying the U.S.

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Associated Press, October 27, 2004

Getting Out the Quid Pro Quo

by Diane Farsetta — October 26, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Washington lobbyists are being deployed in droves to tight congressional races and presidential battleground states around the country," reports The Hill. "Both parties have been recruiting," but some Republican officials have set "participation quotas, requiring [firms] to supply a certain number of volunteers." The pressure is high; "People who didn't go may be looked on negatively" after the election, said one lobbyist.

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The Hill, October 27, 2004

Fast Food Companies Are Bad for Your Health Care

by Diane Farsetta — October 23, 2004 - 11:00pm

"California's initiative laws, initially passed to thwart corporate influence in politics, now facilitate just the opposite," writes Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser. Proposition 72, "an initiative that would require large and medium-sized business owners to give health benefits to their workers," is opposed by McDonald's, Burger King, Best Buy, Target and other fast food and big box companies.

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Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2004

Beware Lobbyists on Drugs

by Diane Farsetta — October 15, 2004 - 11:00pm

"When federal regulators started to scrutinize the safety record of dietary supplements sold by Metabolife International Inc., the company turned to the influential Washington lobbying and law shop of Patton Boggs. ...

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Associated Press, October 16, 2004
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