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ROCKCLIFFE HOME DEBATE FEEDS FEARS ABOUT DEVELOPERS' ACCESS TO CITY HALL
Donations to councillors, city Like many developers, Richcraft has donated to council members' election campaigns... READ MORE›
WILL WALL STREET MONEY TURN MODERATE DEMOCRATS AGAINST DODD-FRANK?
The Managed Funds Association directed inquiries to Himes' office and Lou Costantino of the Managed Funds Association did not reply to multiple requests for comment... READ MORE›
AMID RUSSIA CONTROVERSY IN TRUMP WHITE HOUSE, MAJOR ENERGY COMPANIES LOBBIED ON RUSSIA-FOCUSED BILLS
Chevron lobbied both the House and the Senate on the Counteracting Russian Hostilities Act and the Russia Sanctions Review Act, records show... READ MORE›
FOR GOV CUOMOS NEW TOP AIDE A MINEFIELD OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
For the latter, Bolton St. Johns was part of a multi-firm lobbying effort involving, among other health care legislation, state policies related to drug price gouging... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Environmental Protection
DONALD TRUMP 'TAKING STEPS TO ABOLISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'
President Trump said during the campaign that he would like to abolish the EPA or 'leave a little bit'... READ MORE›
NEW EPA HEAD SCOTT PRUITT'S EMAILS REVEAL CLOSE TIES WITH FOSSIL FUEL INTERESTS
Documents suggest former Oklahoma AG followed lobby group's guidance on challenging environmental regulations, and put letterhead to oil firm complaints more than once... READ MORE›
RATHER THAN DRAIN IT, TRUMP ADVISERS OPT TO JOIN DC SWAMP
Lewandowski has been a fixture at Trump Tower in New York as the president-elect forms his administration... READ MORE›
RATHER THAN DRAIN IT, TRUMP ADVISERS OPT TO JOIN DC SWAMP
Lewandowski has been a fixture at Trump Tower in New York as the president-elect forms his administration... READ MORE›
E-MAILS REVEAL EPA CHIEF COZIED UP TO INDUSTRY HE REGULATES
The e-mails shed new details on a close relationship between Pruitt and Oklahoma City-based oil and gas producer Devon Energy... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S K STREET OFFICE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
I think what Donald Trump said was, Washington lobbyists have used their special access to the detriment of the American people, Lewandowski says... READ MORE›
HILLARY CLINTON APPOINTS KEN SALAZAR TO LEAD WHITE HOUSE TRANSITION
The announcement Tuesday comes as Clinton has campaigned against the so-called revolving door that allows politicians to shuttle between public and private sector work... READ MORE›
NEW REPORT SHOWS CLINTON RAISING MONEY FROM LOBBYISTS THAT HAVE REPRESENTED WALMART, FOSSIL FUEL FIRMS AND WALL STREET
Protesters demonstrated outside a six-figure Clinton fundraiser in San Francisco this week, and her Democratic primary opponent, Vermont Sen... READ MORE›
WHITE HOUSE ENLISTS ALLIES IN FIGHT OVER IRAN DEAL
Mr. Lieberman is also an adviser to Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran, the lobbying and advertising offshoot Aipac has formed to fight the Iran deal... READ MORE›
TRUMP TRANSITION STAFFERS REACHING OUT TO #NEVERTRUMP REPUBLICANS
Donald Trump claims to be the outsider, but the energy and environment transition teams are well stocked with people familiar with the inside of Washington... READ MORE›
BOB DOLE LOBBIED DONALD TRUMP ON TAIWAN BEFORE PHONE CALL
Over the weekend, Dole told The Times that he played a role in setting up the controversial call between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and Trump... READ MORE›
TRUDEAU'S G20 COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY NEEDS MORE THAN FINE WORDS
Unlike flash-in-the-pan groups set up to contest elections, business groups persist, with most of their lobbying success coming between elections... READ MORE›
EXPEDIA UNDER FIRE OVER MEMBERSHIP TO RIGHTWING LOBBY GROUP ALEC
Microsoft, which used to own Expedia, quit Alec in August, again over its lobbying against climate change legislation... READ MORE›
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONFLICTS? FORMER ANTHEM LOBBYIST TO OVERSEE ANTITRUST DIVISION
According to federal lobbying records, Anthem paid 370,000 in lobbying fees to Delrahim's firm, Brownstein Farber, between 2015 and 2016... READ MORE›
AFTER CAMPAIGNING AGAINST FREE TRADE DEALS, DONALD TRUMP MAY MAKE A CORPORATE FREE TRADE LOBBYISTS HIS TRADE NEGOTIATOR
On Monday, Wayne Berman, a Republican mega-donor and a longtime trade lobbyist, met with Trump in New York City... READ MORE›
BERNIE SANDERS TO SKIP AIPAC CONFERENCE
US election Bernie Sanders to skip AIPAC conference... READ MORE›
ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA: THE KINGDOM HIRES A POWERFUL FORMER LAWMAKER TO LOBBY TRUMP WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS
McKeon received over 700,000 in campaign contributions from defense contractors over the course of his career -- including from companies that sell arms to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
A BET ON TRUMP YIELDS POWER AND PROFIT
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the government in 2008, at an eventual cost of 187.5 billion... READ MORE›
EPA SAYS TO TAKE TOUGHER STANCE ON AUTO EMISSIONS TESTS
We are upping our game Chris Grundler head of transportation and air quality at the Environmental Protection Agency told reporters in a teleconference... READ MORE›
CAN SHE TAKE AWAY AMERICA'S GUNS? MISS SLOANE GIVES IT A TRY
Can She Take Away America's Guns? Miss Sloane Gives It a Try... READ MORE›
HOW BIG MONEY FUNDED THE 'ECHO CHAMBER' THAT PUSHED OBAMA'S IRAN DEAL
Looks like President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran needed more than just friendly reporters to win the day... READ MORE›
TOM DASCHLE AND THE REVOLVING DOOR
Tom Daschle Pushed Hillary Clinton To Back Aetna Merger While Refusing To Register As Aetna Lobbyist... READ MORE›
LOBBYISTS FEARFUL OF LOSING THEIR JOBS WITH TRUMP IN OFFICE
Every time Trump trots out a bunch of corporate executives for a photo opportunity in the Oval Office, a corporate lobbyist cries... READ MORE›
CIGNA-ANTHEM DEAL: CONNECTICUT OFFICIALS VOTE TO LAUNCH ETHICS REVIEW OF GOV. DAN MALLOY'S INSURANCE REGULATOR
The controversy in Connecticut could have repercussions across the country because Wade's agency is currently leading states' review of Cigna's proposed multibillion-dollar merger with Anthem... READ MORE›
CIGNA-ANTHEM MERGER: GOV. MALLOY'S INSURANCE REGULATOR TOLD ETHICS OFFICIALS SHE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN CIGNA ISSUES, EVEN AS HER AGENCY WAS
One such call was scheduled on the very day Wade told ethics regulators she had no Cigna matters before her... READ MORE›
PROTESTS PLANNED FOR TRUMP SPEECH AT PRO-ISRAEL CONFERENCE
About 18,000 people are expected to attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's three-day annual conference in Washington... READ MORE›
FRANCE LAUNCHES IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION INTO VOLKSWAGEN PRACTICES
Segolene Royal said in a statement that she had asked the United States Environmental Protection Agency for further information about the fraud committed by Volkswagen... READ MORE›
TRUMP AIDES LOBBIED HARD ON SLY TO KEEP KIEV EX-LEADER IN JAIL DIDNT STATE BEING FOREIGN AGENTS
For more than three years, lobbyist Jim Slattery worked in Washington to secure the release in Ukraine of the imprisoned political rival of the country's t... READ MORE›
TRUMP AIDES COVERTLY FOUGHT FREEING OF UKRAINE PRISONER
Mercury and another Washington lobbying firm, the Podesta Group Inc., were working on behalf of the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine... READ MORE›
TRUMP DUMPS 'DRAIN THE SWAMP' REFRAIN AS INSIDERS COZY UP
Trump's aides say he remains committed to his underlying swamp-draining policies, such as banning outgoing Trump transition and administration members from lobbying for five years... READ MORE›