Lobbying

Bush Appointees Understand Industry

by Diane Farsetta — October 11, 2004 - 10:00pm

"Every administration has the revolving door," said former Environmental Protection Agency attorney Bruce Buckheit. "The difference is the attitude that a lot of the Bush people brought with them. ...

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Newsday, October 12, 2004

Flacks with PACs

by Diane Farsetta — October 10, 2004 - 10:00pm

Believing that "political contributions help with all sorts of clients, not just those for which the firm does public affairs work," Qorvis Communications recently set up its own political action committee.

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PR Week (sub. req'd.), October 11, 2004

Cable TV's Secret Channels of Influence

by Diane Farsetta — October 7, 2004 - 10:00pm

If cable TV subscribers paid for just the channels they watch ("a la carte"), instead of paying a flat fee for channel packages, it would "jeopardize an economic model that has helped the industry maintain huge profits." The Center for Public Integrity reports on "a highly sophisticated lobbying campaign" by the cable industry to build anti-a la carte "astroturf." Some of the "seemingly disinterested

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The Center for Public Integrity, October 8, 2004

Accidental Full Disclosure by the FCC

by Diane Farsetta — October 5, 2004 - 10:00pm

"A trade association that represents competitors of the large regional telephone companies" had their lobbying plan "published by mistake on the Federal Communications Commission's Web site." The Association for Local Telecommunication Services's (ALTS) lobbying plan "starkly criticized the policy positions of FCC members and lawmakers and described the need for the association to hire, for $120,000 a year, a 'heavyweight Republican [lobbyist] that can navigate between the FCC chairman and the White House.'" The plan also said "ALTS has 'helpe

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Washington Post, October 6, 2004

Bunches of Banana Republicans

by Diane Farsetta — October 4, 2004 - 10:00pm

The number of "invitation-only conservative gatherings" on Capitol Hill is increasing.

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The Hill, October 5, 2004

The Rotten Taste of Success

by Diane Farsetta — September 29, 2004 - 10:00pm

"Food industry lobbyists met privately with Bush administration officials 10 times while the government was crafting rules to protect the food supply from bioterrorism." The Center for Science in the Public Interest stated, "The result is regulations that the industry likes, but that don't fully protect the public interest." The Grocery Manufacturers of America, Altria Group and others lobbied to weaken proposed

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Washington Post, September 30, 2004

EPA: What's a Little Toxic Emission Among Friends?

by Diane Farsetta — September 21, 2004 - 10:00pm

"For the third time, environmental advocates have discovered passages in the Bush administration's proposal for regulating mercury pollution from power plants that mirror almost word for word portions of memos written by a law firm representing coal-fired power plants." The passages, in language from the Latham & Watkins firm, say the

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Washington Post, September 22, 2004

California Lobbyist's Pesky Pesticide Past

by Laura Miller — September 19, 2004 - 10:00pm

A former farm lobbyist will become California's top pesticide regulator, despite complaints from environmentalists. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mary-Ann Warmerdam, who worked for the California Farm Bureau Federation from 1981 to 2001, to head the state's Department of Pesticide. Warmerdam currently is a lobbyist for Pacific Gas & Electric.

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Los Angeles Times, September 20, 2004

K Street: Dems Need Not Apply?

by Diane Farsetta — September 14, 2004 - 10:00pm

Firms on Washington DC's lobbying row, K Street, are "aggressively courting GOP lawmakers who have announced their retirements, suggesting that the business community is confident the GOP will retain the Speaker's gavel in January." The trend "is stoking talk on Capitol Hill that the 'K Street Project'" - an effort launched by Grover Norquist and

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The Hill, September 15, 2004

Lobby, Lobby, Lobby, I'm a Liberal

by Diane Farsetta — September 7, 2004 - 10:00pm

Further illustrating "the revolving door that exists between those who run campaigns and those who lobby," the Kerry campaign's recent hires -- Joel Johnson, Joe Lockhart, Howard Wolfson and Michael Whouley -- are all lobbyists, as well as Democratic strategists.

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Washington Post, September 8, 2004
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