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  • PepsiCo’s Lobbying for Cap and Trade to be Hit at Annual Meeting

    05/04/2010 1:28:40 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 32 replies · 671+ views
    National Legal & Policy Center ^ | May 4, 2010 | Peter Flaherty
    NLPC is sponsoring a PepsiCo shareholder proposal asking for a report on the company’s lobbying priorities. At the PepsiCo annual tomorrow in Plano, Texas, I will argue that the company’s lobbying priorities are seriously out of whack. I will cite PepsiCo’s membership in U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a coalition of corporations and environmental groups. USCAP’s mission is to “quickly enact strong national legislation to require significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.” The House of Representatives has obliged in the form of the Waxman-Markey bill that would destroy over 1.1 million jobs, hike electricity rates 90 percent, and reduce the...
  • Gov't plan can coexist with private insurance (CBO caves to Obama and Pelosi)

    07/27/2009 1:36:57 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 28 replies · 1,571+ views
    yahoo ^ | 7/27/2009 | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR/AP
    A new government health insurance plan sought by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats could coexist with private insurers without driving them out of business, an analysis by nonpartisan budget experts suggests. The estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office — seen as good news by Democrats — comes as leaders pushed Monday to make progress on health care overhaul before lawmakers go home for their August recess. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says a floor vote is still possible in the next few days, and Democrats called a meeting of all their House members late Monday afternoon. In the...