Both political parties, squirming under the spreading scandals of supersleaze lobbyist Jack Abramoff, suddenly began posing as reformers, saying it's time to rein in the corporate influence peddlers who haunt our nation's capital. The lobbyists hunkered down like cows in a hailstorm as the leaders of the two parties piously demanded that lobbyist-paid dinners, foreign golf junkets, and other freebies for lawmakers be banned. But as the media spotlight cools, lobbyists are aggressively pushing back against any true reforms. Their tactic is to claim that they are invaluable to the democratic process! John Engler, the former Republican governor of Michigan who heads the National Association of Manufacturers, asserts that his lobbying front for major corporate powers must not be restricted ...
...THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC WELFARE RATIONALE FOR LOBBYING REGULATION... into the activities of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) concluded: . NAM controlled...
That insight comes courtesy of the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Center for Public Integrity. With so much recent attention on the cozy relationship between lobbyists and elected officials-fueled by the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal-the group decided to investigate the practice of special interests bankrolling junkets for politicians and their staffs. "It's significant just because of the numbers that we're showing," says Samuel Stein, the center's press secretary. "When Congress and their aides are spending close to 81,000 days away from Capitol Hill, that is a significant amount of time. Jim Harrington, the director of the Texas Civil Rights Project, is a listed plaintiff in the suit. He said that AT&T's actions violate not only the U.S. Constitution, but Texas law as well. "...
...and Verizon had provided the National Security Agency with records of phone calls made b...The National Association of Manufacturers launched PRI's partner organizati...
... Gifts From Registered Lobbyists and Lobbying Organizations. AGENCY: Office of Government Ethics... to exclude nonprofit professional associations, scientific organizations and learned societies, a...foreign countries and that the foreign nationals and entities involved may be offended.'' 57 FR 350..., such as associations of manufacturers of particular products. Trade associations may spo...
There is nothing the National Rifle Association's lobbying arm won't say or do to protect manufacturers and dealers of guns recovered at crime scenes. In fact, it hasn't had to say much as red- meat Republicans and weak-kneed Democrats flock to aid its cynical cause. Nothing illustrates this more than what has come to be known as the Tiahrt Amendment -- and the shameless debate about it in the U.S. House of Representatives this week.
... of federal enactments designed "to purge national politics of what [is] conceived to be the pernicio... that the type of speech and associational burdens that §323 imposes are fundamentally diffe... platform for an association of drug manufacturers.22 And "Republicans for Clean Air," which ran ads ..., a former lobbyist and partner at a lobbying firm in Washington, D. C., stated in his declarati...
New Jersey beachgoers and environmentalists see only oil slicks in the bid to bring oil rigs into the Atlantic Ocean, a move state politicians say will do nothing to lower gas prices. President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling Monday that has been in place since the 1980s, saying Americans need relief from high gas prices that are hurting the national economy.
...The National Association of Manufacturers, a lobbying organization for indu...
More than one economic analyst has said that if the United States went through a recession a couple of years ago, then the nation's manufacturing sector went through a depression. The outlook for manufacturers is improving, but formidable challenges remain, according to two local executives who have been active in lobbying efforts on behalf of manufacturers. Don Wainwright, chairman and chief executive officer of Wainwright Industries in O'Fallon and past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, says there is a need to teach lawmakers and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., a course in Economics 101.
More than one economic analyst has said that if the United States went through a recession a couple of years ago, then the nation's manufacturing sector went through a depression. The outlook for manufacturers is improving, but formidable challenges remain, according to two local executives who have been active in lobbying efforts on behalf of manufacturers. Don Wainwright, chairman and chief executive officer of Wainwright Industries in O'Fallon and past chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, says there is a need to teach lawmakers and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., a course in Economics 101.
More man anything, the Directorship 100 reflects the rise of corporate governance as the primary duty of board directors. 1 The California Public Employees' Retirement System CalPERS wields its influence over the boardrooms of America by way of its $250-billion retirement fund, the largest in the United States, through direct equity investing, seeding funds with a governance focus, and by participating in the debate in very effective ways. A former executive at International Paper, he is now chairman of Proxy Governance, a relatively young proxy advisory and voting company that offers objective advice in support of building long-term shareholder value.
..., and a department head at the Republican National Committee Center. One of our fudges said of McGurn...Silvers addressed the National Association of Corporate Directors and the University of Delaw... of the National Association of Manufacturers, one of the largest business lobbying groups, Batt...
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