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Keyword: antilobbying

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  • Liberal Freakout: Congress Blindsides Obama Administration With Formal Investigation

    02/22/2018 8:49:11 PM PST · by Cheerio · 12 replies
    Conservative Tribune ^ | February 21, 2018 | Benjamin Arie
    Barack Obama’s legacy was already on thin ice after many of his signature programs were dismantled during President Trump’s first year in office, and concerns over bias emerged within the Department of Justice. Now, another blow to the 44th president’s White House tenure has come to light. While the bias concerns at the DOJ continue, another scandal regarding impartiality is gaining momentum, but this time it’s within a federal agency called the Chemical Safety Board. A House investigative subcommittee is directing the EPA to investigate one of the officials Obama appointed while in office, after anti-lobbying laws were allegedly violated...
  • CA: Clock is running down on two anti-lobbying bills (Burton blocking floor votes)

    08/12/2004 9:51:56 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 284+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 8/12/04 | Dion Nissenbaum
    SACRAMENTO - Sacramento's most powerful Democrat is trying to quietly kill a pair of bills backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that would crack down on special-interest influence in the state Capitol. With less than three weeks left in the Legislature's two-year session, Senate President Pro Tem John Burton said Wednesday that he would continue to block the measures, which would temporarily stop campaign consultants from lobbying the politicians they helped put in office. ``They're dead,'' Burton said of the bills. After the bills won support in the Assembly and a key Senate policy committee, Burton redirected them -- against the...