http://www.campaignmoney.org/taxonomy/term/338/0 en http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/30/google-goes-to-washington &quot;Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one,&quot; company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin said when they announced the innovative IPO auction almost two years ago. Yet they are employing the same tactics that corporate behemoths use to influence legislation--hiring lobbyists and spreading around campaign cash.Read David Donnelly's <a target="_blank" href="http://news.com.com/Google+does+K+Street/2010-1028_3-6055716.html">op-ed in CNET.com </a>on how Google is playing politics as usual in our nation&rsquo;s capitol.<p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/30/google-goes-to-washington">read more</a></p> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/30/google-goes-to-washington#comment google gop k street project lobbyists Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:49:18 -0500 Rick Bielke 9171 at http://www.campaignmoney.org http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/27/gop-gle-search-engine-comes-to-washington-plays-same-old-game <p>Google is setting up a lobbying operation in Washington and collecting lobbyists and public relations consultants faster than, well, you can search for links to &quot;Jack Abramoff.&quot;</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/27/gop-gle-search-engine-comes-to-washington-plays-same-old-game">read more</a></p> http://www.campaignmoney.org/blog/2006/03/27/gop-gle-search-engine-comes-to-washington-plays-same-old-game#comment google gop lobbyists Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:00:00 -0500 David Donnelly 8107 at http://www.campaignmoney.org