Check out which lobbyists are supporting which GOP candidates in the 2012 presidential election.
Patton Boggs topped the list in Roll Call's look at the top 25 lobby shops based on revenue.
A new federal mandate on birth control and the growing outcry against it might actually help President Barack Obama in the upcoming election.
Former Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), a bundler for the Obama re-election campaign, told NBC News that even though his firm registered him as a lobbyist last week, he is not a lobbyist and the disclosure filed with Congress was a “clerical error” by the firm.
Former Rep. Cal Dooley (D-Calif.), president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council, is kicking off a new energy lobbying campaign. Billed as “From Chemistry to Energy,” the effort is a push for comprehensive energy legislation with a focus on domestic energy production, Dooley said.
Six of the top 10 super PACs active in the 2012 elections have received money from untraceable sources, including nonprofits and shell corporations, according to a report released today by two progressive advocacy groups.
Democratic super PAC organizers are putting a brave face on recent disclosures that show GOP-friendly super PACs have outraised them by more than 3-to-1.
Under a banner of “Standing Up to Corporate Power” at Public Citizen’s Dupont headquarters, the reinvented Jack Abramoff offered his ideas for how to take corruption out of Congress and K Street.
Senate Democrats today voiced outrage over recent public disclosures showing tens of millions in corporate donations to largely GOP-friendly super PACs and announced plans for a task force, hearings and legislation to rein in unrestricted campaign money.
On the cusp of Saturday’s GOP primary in Nevada, the trade association for pharmacy benefit managers has begun airing ads in the state trying to tout themselves to the candidates, their operatives and the reporters covering them.
The National Association of Home Builders is planning to lay off 18 employees, dealing another blow to the industry’s reputation in Washington, D.C., Roll Call has learned.
Sen. Rob Portman said today that he hopes to introduce a bipartisan bill to cut the corporate tax rate “early in this year.”
Super PACs may be sexy, but conventional political action committees are still the go-to campaign contribution vehicle for corporations and trade associations. And if 2011 year-end filings are any indicator, they are not starving for donations.
Three former Members of Congress, including one who works at a lobbying and law firm and one who has been plagued by a scandal, are among President Barack Obama’s mega-fundraisers known as bundlers.
Democrats, long the darlings of the technology industry, might be losing some of their fundraising edge in Silicon Valley.
The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.
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