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Health Care Lobbying Groups Target Supreme Court

It's a big couple of weeks for the Affordable Care Act. The law, sometimes known as "Obamacare," turned two years old today, and next week, its constitutionality will be considered by the Supreme Court.... read full article »

Lobbying Association Asks for More Regulation

The American League of Lobbyists (ALA), the major professional industry group is expected to call for tougher new rules that would force more people to register as lobbyists. It's kind of a strange request, the Washington Post reports.... read full article »

Last Week in the Republic

WANTED: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS – 1,452 percent. That’s the kind of raise a congressman gets when he retires and becomes a lobbyist. And the regulations for politicians to disclose job negotiations while in office are riddled with loopholes. But members’... read full article »

Being a Lobbyist Is Like Being ‘a Drug Addict. You Can’t Quit Cold Turkey’

Utah has pretty weak ethics laws surrounding the revolving door — state lawmakers have an easy time leaving the legislature to become lobbyists.... read full article »

Stop Backdoor Bribery in Congress

When lawmakers retire, many go on to become lobbyists. Last week, our blog, Republic Report, showed that lawmakers-turned-lobbyists received up to a 1,452 percent raise on average after they take the revolving door to K Street. This issue deserves more... read full article »

‘I’m About to Earmark This Cake for My Mouth’

There are 12,200 registered lobbyists in Washington, D.C. right now. And they earn $3.3 billion each year influencing Congress – mostly by talking. Our friends at SofaPundit.com captured some of the s#@* these influence-peddlers say while influencing your government for... read full article »

Can We Fix Washington By Putting More Money in the System?

Is it possible that politicians and their staffs not paid enough for the work they do? That’s an argument that’s been floated by United Republic ally and Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig in his book Republic Lost. And yesterday, in... read full article »

Just Who’s Trying to Bash Occupy?

Washington lobbying firm Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford's laughably ridiculous memo to clients suggesting that they pay to have the firm discredit Occupy Wall Street made a splash when it was uncovered by MSNBC's "Up with Chris Hayes" late last... read full article »

Obama’s Lobbying Hypocrisy

While campaigning in 2008, President Obama pledged that lobbyists "will not run my White House." But as Dana Milbank at the Washington Post writes, this week he brought in "one of this town's most prominent lobbyists to run his... read full article »

The Vicious Cycle

Kind of like recycling, only more sustainable, politicians and big donors are locked in a ruthless cycle where campaign donations lead to tax breaks which lead to more campaign donations which lead to ... ... read full article »

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