Labor and Business Spend Big on Looming Unionization Issue
President Obama’s Tuesday address to Congress was entirely about jump-starting the economy, but he didn’t even hint at a looming legislative battle between business and labor that both sides say could affect how quickly the country recovers.
The Employee Free Choice Act, also called card-check legislation by business groups, is an ideological bomb that’s about to [...]
Special Interests to Listen Carefully to Obama’s Address
When President Obama addresses the nation tonight in a State of the Union fashion, it won’t just be Congress and members of the public tuning in. Special interests, too, will be paying close attention to what the president has to say about upcoming plans that could affect them. While the president will spend a little [...]
US: Deputy SecDef could earn $500K lobbying Pentagon
William J. Lynn, the man nominated to be the Pentagon’s second-in-command could make a half-million dollars next month with vested stock he earned as a lobbyist for military contractor Raytheon. This is despite an Obama administration order against “revolving door” lobbyists who become public officials.