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Above the Law & Order

by Diane Farsetta — June 3, 2005 - 3:15pm

On a recent episode, a character on NBC's "Law & Order" who was investigating the murder of a federal judge said, "Maybe we should put out an APB for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt." In response, the Free Enterprise Fund (which "advocates limited government and 'pro-growth' economic policies") worked with their PR firm, Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, to challenge the "witch-hunt to discredit Tom DeLa

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub. req'd.), June 3, 2005

Political Conformity on Social Security

by Diane Farsetta — May 23, 2005 - 5:20pm

A worker who knows Social Security "could run out before they retire," a couple with children who like "the idea of leaving something behind to the family," and a single parent who wants "more retirement options and security" than Social Security offers - all younger than 29.

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Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2005

The K Street Project Bears Fruit

by Diane Farsetta — May 17, 2005 - 1:13pm

The Washington Post reports on how House Majority Whip Roy Blunt "has converted what had been an informal and ad hoc relationship between congressional leaders and the Washington corporate and trade community into a formal, institutionalized alliance." Blunt's "organization of whips and lobbyist vote counters ...

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Washington Post, May 17, 2005

Let the Lobbyists Soar

by Diane Farsetta — May 4, 2005 - 11:58am

Former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is opening a lobbying firm, the Ashcroft Group, to provide "strategic consulting, security and internal investigative services, and crisis counseling" to countries, corporations, and industry and political associations.

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The Hill, May 1, 2005

One-Party State Media

by Diane Farsetta — May 3, 2005 - 1:02pm

"The Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is aggressively pressing public television to correct what he and other conservatives consider liberal bias," reports the New York Times.

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New York Times, May 2, 2005

Scoundrels Denying Refuge

by Diane Farsetta — April 20, 2005 - 2:22pm

"Despite conducting a high-profile campaign calling for tough controls on immigration," the British Conservative Party is "using a company employing low-paid foreigners to distribute campaign literature," reports The Independent.

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The Independent, April 20, 2005

Their Middle Name Is Accountability

by Diane Farsetta — March 25, 2005 - 4:12pm

The Government Accountability Office "said yesterday that they will investigate whether the Department of Health and Human Services violated that law by awarding a $21,500 contract to commentator and marriage advocate Maggie Gallagher." The GAO is currently looking into the legality of similar payments from the Departmen

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Washington Post, March 25, 2005

The Reverse British Invasion

by Diane Farsetta — March 9, 2005 - 2:39pm

The global warming "denial lobby" is targeting Britain, reports the Observer, and it has U.S. connections. "The UK-based Scientific Alliance, which organised the meeting of skeptics in London last month, recently published a joint report with America's George C.

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Observer, March 6, 2005

The Fix Behind Fixing Social Security

by Laura Miller — March 8, 2005 - 5:48pm
  • Topics: Right Wing, Lobbying

    • In late February, deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove, National Economics Council director Al Hubbard, and Barry Jackson, a special assistant to the president who is handling Social Security reform, met with administration-friendly lobbyists for a "rah-rah" cheerleading session on Social Security privatization. According to The Hill, representatives from the conservative 60 Plus Association, the business funded Coalition for the Modernization and Protection of America's Social Security(COMPASS), America’s Community Bankers, the National Retail Federation, the Mortgage Bankers Association and the Business Roundtable heard the trio reiterate George W. Bush's commitment to "reform" Social Security. "Karl Rove talked about its importance to the president's agenda, and Al Hubbard talked about its importance to the economy," a spokesperson from the Roundtable told Bloomberg News.

    FreedomWorks Hard for the Money

    by Diane Farsetta — March 7, 2005 - 5:47pm

    Speaking as the co-chair of FreedomWorks on CNBC last December, Dick Armey "spoke glowingly of 'Rx Outreach,' a national mail order program for low-income people that had just been launched by Express Scripts." FreedomWorks was "working with Express Scripts' public relations firm," Fleishman-Hillard, at the time, and "issued a press release praising Rx Ou

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 5, 2005
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