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3 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
K St. on Capitol Hill: Lobbyists look to leverage prime real estate near Congress as in-person events return Yahoo News – Hailey Fuchs and Emily Birnbaum (Politico) | Published: 11/23/2021 The popular conception of a lobbying shop usually involves an office on K Street, an expense account at a popular restaurant, and a small army of operatives that regularly hit the fundraising circuit. [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Facebook Staff Complained for Years About Their Lobbyists’ Power Yahoo News – Emily Birnbaum (Politico) | Published: 10/25/2021 Facebook’s lobbying and government relations shop, overseen by former Republican operative Joel Kaplan, regularly weighs in on speech-related issues, such as how to deal with prominent right-wing figures, misinformation, ads from former President Trump, and the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, according to internal documents. [read post]
27 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Espaillat Campaign Paid Thousands to Online Influencers Who Delivered Flattering Posts” by Claudia Irizarry Aponte for The City Ethics National: “Fed to Ban Policymakers from Owning Individual Stocks, Restrict Trading Following Controversy” by Jeff Cox for CNBC California: “Huizar Seeks to Gut Corruption Case, Says Alleged $1.5 Million in Gifts Were Not Bribes” by Michael Finnegan and David Zahniser (Los Angeles Times) for Yahoo News Lobbying National: “Facebook… [read post]
27 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Capitol Riot Suspect Was Hours Away from Sentencing. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Months After Capitol Assault, Corporate Pledges Fall Flat ABC News – David Klepper (Associated Press) | Published: 7/4/2021 After the insurrection at the U.S. [read post]
28 Apr 2021, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
The proposal would impose a 9.4 percent average surtax on the foreign activities of U.S. multinationals above and beyond the taxes levied by foreign governments. [read post]
26 Apr 2021, 9:32 am by William Ford, Tia Sewell
Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute. [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 4:47 am by Rick Hills
Tomorrow evening at 8 PM Eastern Time, I am joining four other profs (Neysoun Mahboubi, Eric Segall, Marin Levy, and Tom Ginsburg) and two journalists (Dahlia Lithwick and Emily Bazelon) to discuss Biden’s SCOTUS Commission on Clubhouse. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Senate’s Russia investigation, and tens of thousands of dollars in fines levied by the FEC. [read post]
2 Sep 2020, 12:00 am by Katharine Van Tassel
Holly Fernandez Lynch (University of Pennsylvania), Thomas Darton (University of Sheffield), Emily Largent (University of Pennsylvania), Jae Levy, Frank McCormick, Ubaka Ogbogu (University of Alberta), Ruth Payne (University of Sheffield), Alvin E. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Emily Hargan has been paid by three healthcare companies to lobby HHS. [read post]
17 Jul 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal America’s Governors Get Tested for a Virus That Is Testing Them New York Times – Manny Fernandez, Rick Rojas, Shawn Huber, and Mike Baker | Published: 7/13/2020 Governors have always been judged on their disaster responses, but the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the country these days does not recede like floodwaters and cannot be tamed by calling out the National Guard. [read post]
12 Jun 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyber Risks to the Presidential Election MSN – David Sanger, Nicole Perlroth, and Matthew Rosenberg (New York Times) | Published: 6/7/2020 The rush to accommodate remote voting is leading a small number of states to experiment with or expand online voting, an approach the Department of Homeland Security deemed “high risk” in a recent report. [read post]
6 May 2020, 7:54 pm
Gender, Alterity and Human Rights: Freedom in a Fishbowl Tania Voon, reviewing Emily Sipiorski. [read post]
1 May 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Democrats Press General Services Administration Over Trump Hotel Payments Greenwich Time – Jonathan O’Connell, David Fahrenthold, and Joshua Partlow (Washington Post) | Published: 4/24/2020 Congressional Democrats are pressing the General Services Administration for information about President Trump’s District of Columbia hotel lease after Trump’s company said it asked the federal government to include it in any accommodations it may make for private… [read post]
24 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
House Democrats Retreat on Remote Voting as Republicans Clamor to Reopen New York Times – Catie Edmonson and Emily Cochrane | Published: 4/22/2020 Democratic leaders backed away from a plan to change the rules of the U.S. [read post]
14 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Business Groups Try to Avoid Partisan Crossfire The Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 2/11/2020 Business groups are facing a new challenge as they look to advance their agendas in an increasingly polarized Washington and ahead of a contentious presidential election. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal 6 Million Democratic Donors Gave $1 Billion in 2019 Through ActBlue, Officials Say Washington Post – Michelle Ye Hee Lee | Published: 1/9/2020 Democratic small-dollar donors gave $1 billion through the online fundraising platform ActBlue in 2019, highlighting the explosion of online giving on the left heading into the presidential election year. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 9:02 pm by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Critics Say Facebook’s Powerful Ad Tools May Imperil Democracy. [read post]
1 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal AP Exclusive: Middleman helped Saudi give to Obama inaugural AP News – Alan Suderman and Jim Mustian | Published: 10/29/2019 When President Barack Obama was reelected in 2012, a Saudi tycoon and his business associate sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the U.S. to help pay for the inaugural celebration and get a picture with the president. [read post]