PMA Group and Clients Paid Out $40 Million to Current Congress
No matter how we slice and dice the data related to contributions from embattled lobbying firm PMA Group and its clients, Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.), chair of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, remains at or near the top of the recipient list, along with Reps. Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.) and Jim Moran (D-Va.). This week, though, [...]
Millions of Dollars Later, Congress Introduces Unionization Bill
For months business groups and labor unions have been campaigning for or against the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that was introduced in Congress just today and that has spurred what will be one of the fiercest–and most expensive–debates Capitol Hill has seen in years. At the core of the debate is the question [...]
Author: Curbing Lobbyists’ Influence is Obama’s Most Difficult Task
With a tanking economy, warming planet and multiple bloody conflicts abroad, President Obama has his work cut out for him. His biggest challenge, however, might be keeping his campaign promise to transform American politics, according to Robert Kaiser, author of the new book “So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of [...]