Politics
Strange Bedfellows for International Affairs You can call it the "Strange Bedfellows Coalition," but its name is the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign. The campaign is sending out teams of corporate types and do-gooders today to lobby lawmakers and staffers of the Senate and House budget committees in support of President Bush's budget for international affairs.
To Article... Thompson Joins Firms, But Not to Lobby Tommy G. Thompson , secretary of health and human services during President Bush's first term, is joining the law and lobby firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner and Deloitte & Touche USA as a senior adviser.
To Article... For Lobbyists, the $65 Million List In case there was any doubt that lobbying Congress and the administration is big business, now comes "the Influence 50," the law firms and lobby shops that brought in the most lobbying bucks in 2004.
To Article... Coalition Pushes Social Security Accounts Even though there's a decided lack of momentum on Capitol Hill for President Bush's proposal on Social Security private accounts, business supporters are sounding quite upbeat.
To Article... The Complexity of Taiwan's Ties With Lobbyists Taiwan's relationships with its Washington lobbyists are sometimes as complicated and tortuous as its relationship with the U.S. government.
To Article... Making Their Moves Without DeLay Two major lobbying operations recently signed up folks with significant ties to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) -- proud of these key hires and confident that DeLay's growing ethics issues will not taint them.
To Article... From Counselor to Consultant It was almost inevitable. John D. Ashcroft , the former conservative hard- line attorney general, Republican senator from Missouri and scourge of the liberal- and privacy-minded, is headed for the lobby biz.
To Article... The Telephone Game CompTel/ALTS, the new industry association of competitors to the local phone companies, has snared a politically well-connected Republican as its new chief executive to help in its fight against the not-so-Baby Bells and further consolidation.
To Article... Anniversary Steeped in Bipartisan Goodwill In a town riven by partisanship, Cassidy & Associates' 30th-anniversary party Tuesday night was positively brimming over with political goodwill.
To Article... Aide in Schiavo Case Lands a Lobbying Gig It's become a Washington truism that there may be flameouts, arrests, firings and other falls from grace, but rarely is anyone truly down and out. Keep your head down at least briefly, and you're sure to pop up again.
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