Lobbying

Oily (Not Girly) Men

by Diane Farsetta — September 2, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitious plan to reorganize almost every aspect of state government was influenced significantly by oil and gas giant ChevronTexaco," including "streamlining the permit process for the construction of new oil refineries" and "reorganizing the regulatory process for ... energy facilities," reports Associated Press.

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Associated Press, September 3, 2004

Not a Client to Bring Home to Mom

by Diane Farsetta — August 9, 2004 - 11:00pm

Eritrea "signed Alexander Strategy Group, a firm with strong Republican ties, to a contract worth more than $300K a year to improve its ties with the United States." According to Amnesty International, "torture, arbitrary detention, 'disappearances' and ill-treatment of political prisoners" are common in the Horn of Africa na

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (reg. req'd), August 10, 2004

PR Firm Needs Good PR

by Diane Farsetta — August 5, 2004 - 11:00pm

As if it hadn't gotten enough bad press lately, PR firm Fleishman-Hillard "is taking a media hit for its failed campaign on behalf of Enterprise Rent-A-Car to defeat a ... car rental tax to help pay for ... a $250 million arena in downtown Kansas City." A mayoral aide suggested the firm "stay out of issue campaigning ...

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub. req'd), August 6, 2004

Can Monsanto's Raider Vanquish Nader?

by John Stauber — July 27, 2004 - 11:00pm

Toby Moffett is a well-connected Washington lobbyist employed at the Livingston Group, a powerful lobby firm begun by former Republican representative Robert Livingston.

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Seattle Times, Wednesday, July 28, 2004

Convention 'Hospitality'

by Laura Miller — July 27, 2004 - 11:00pm

Candidates, delegates, protesters and media aren't the only folks attending the Democratic and Republican conventions this summer. Lobbyists, by the thousands, are doing "what amounts to the only real work going on at the convention - the nonstop currying of favor of elected officials by the most powerful interests in the country," the Washington Post writes.

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Washington Post, July 28, 2004

Lobbying for Solitude, Oil

by Diane Farsetta — July 22, 2004 - 11:00pm

The Iraqi Kurdish region's "leaders try to project a united front in Baghdad and abroad, but few Kurds in the north or Arabs in the south have forgotten that" the Kurdish Democratic Party and the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan "spent four of their Saddam-free years fighting a civil war." Now, the KDP "has retained Barbour Griffith & Rogers as its lobbyist to ensure that Iraqi Kurdistan maintains its autonomy" and to push for "the return of oil-rich Kirkuk,"

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The Guardian (UK), July 23, 2004

Bush Administration Pressures EU On Chemical Rules

by Laura Miller — July 13, 2004 - 11:00pm

It used to be that the U.S. chemical industry lobbied lawmakers in Washington. Now the White House is aggressively lobbying on the industry's behalf in Brussels, opposing new European Union regulations on chemicals. The EU's proposed Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals or REACH would require chemical makers to publicly report the potential harmfulness of their products - both for new chemicals being introduced and those already available.

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BushGreenWatch, July 14, 2004

The Swing Street Strategy

by Diane Farsetta — July 1, 2004 - 11:00pm

"That's not very wise ... People are aware that this has happened. It's going to be treated seriously," warned GOP strategist Grover Norquist, incensed that biotech company Amgen hired a former senior Al Gore aide to lobby for them.

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Washington Post, July 2, 2004
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