lobbyistsRound up of media coverage from the Trolly Tour of Fundraisers Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 8:18am.
Posted in: Congress | Fair Elections Now Act | fundraisers | lobbyists | protest | trolly tour of fundraisers
Here's a round up of all the media coverage so far from yesterday's Trolly Tour of Fundraisers protest. Coverage came from the Washington Post, Politics Daily, and Huffington Post, among others.
Trolly Tour of Fundraisers! Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 2:32pm.
To mark the end of the fundraising quarter for members of Congress, Public Campaign Action Fund and Common Cause teamed up with the Founding Fathers on trolly tour of Washington, D.C. fundraisers.
The event called attention to the ridiculous amount of time that members of Congress spend dialing-for-dollars and attending $1,000 a-plate fundraisers, at the expense of addressing constituent concerns and working on legislation that benefits voters, not big money corporate donors. " A good investment" Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Wed, 05/26/2010 - 10:36am.
Roll Call has a story today on K street lobbyists, in anticipation of a possible Republican takeover of the House of Representatives, cozying up to would-be Speaker John Boehner, and advising their clients to "invest" in Republican candidates.
Washington Post editorial: Maryland, where good government reforms go to die Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 3:58pm.
The Washington Post has an editorial today on the Maryland General Assembly and the lack of action on good government reforms, despite a number of recent scandals.
Too Washington Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 2:13pm.
Today in the Huffington Post, Public Campaign President & CEO, Nick Nyhart, discusses how last night's election result in Massachusetts was a referendum on politics in a Washington that places the interests of Wall Street titans and corporate executives ahead of the interests of ordinary Americans.
PhRMA Steps Up Lobbying Against Reimportation Of Drugs Proposal Submitted by Johnny Papagiannis on Mon, 12/14/2009 - 12:46pm.
The Washington Post reports that the pharmaceutical industry is making a major lobbying push to derail a proposal that would allow the United States to import U.S.-approved medications from Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, where drug prices are much cheaper because of price controls. |
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