Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

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"… g out of each committee,” says Ken Nahigian, former chief counsel to the Commerce Committee. “For 30 straight days we were locked up in a room from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. …"

The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… tisan Advocacy Center. Charles H. Knauss, Former Staffer, House Energy and Commerce Committee Partner, Bingham McCutchen A former minority Republican counsel to the com …"

"… company CSX Transportation. Thomas M. Ryan, Former Aide, House Energy and Commerce Committee Partner, Ryan, MacKinnon, Vasapoli & Berzok From 1977 to 1987, Ryan se …"

"… eight terms in the House beginning in 1979. He sat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chairing its subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials. Clim …"

The climate lobby's nonstop growth

By Marianne Lavelle

Makers of sneakers, blue jeans, and computer network servers joined forces late last fall and vowed a bigger push in Congress on climate cha

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"… But as California Democrat Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and his energy subcommittee chairman, Massachusetts Democrat Edward Marke …"

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Joe Barton — Energy and Commerce Committee?

By Aaron Mehta

A longtime conservative from Texas, Rep. Joe Barton rocketed onto the national spotlight by famously apologizing to BP during a June hearing

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"… ust south of Dallas. In 2004 he was named chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has broad responsibility for matters relating to commerce, public h …"

What’s the cost of fixing BP’s image?

By Aaron Mehta

BP tripled its spending on corporate advertising after its devastating crude oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in April, paying more than $93.4

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"… ic relations blitz, according to the chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.“BP’s increased spending was almost entirely targeted at national and …"

Fred Upton — Energy and Commerce Committee?

By Kristen Lombardi

Since 1987, Fred Upton, 57, has represented Michigan’s 6th Congressional District, which spans the southwestern corner of the Wolverine Stat

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"… ric utilities and the drug makers that have business before the Energy and Commerce Committee.A senior GOP voice on energy policy, Upton is seen as front-runner to head …"

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Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

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"… pitol Hill allies managed to halt this historic initiative. In the Senate, Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain, the Arizona Republican, and Conrad Burns, a Republic …"

"… ture House Speaker Dennis Hastert, and Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House Commerce Committees telecommunications subcommittee, sent a blunt letter to Kennard. “Only …"

"… ssion programming obligations by broadcasters,” they wrote.Ranking House Commerce Committee member John Dingell, the Michigan Democrat, also sent an opposing letter t …"

"… t haul in media money —including his presidential campaign — is Senate Commerce Committee chairman McCain, who has collected more than $685,000. Overall, the amount …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

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"… ein also serves as a director for a number of corporate boards, including: Boeing; Global Vacation Group, Inc.; The St. Paul Companies; Cinergy Corporation; …"

"… ge and NASDAQ, and on the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center. Boeing is John McCain’s #5 career patron, having given the senator more than $6 …"

Belying his rhetoric, McCain worked for megamerger sought by campaign patron AT&T

By Nathaniel Heller and Annys Shin

WASHINGTON, December 7, 1999 — Republican Senator John McCain, outspoken advocate of campaign-finance reform, has built his presidential can

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"… lly, Timmons’ wife, Paula Pleas-Timmons, a former aide on the Senate Commerce Committee, is an in-house lobbyist for AT&T Wireless Service. It’s no wo …"

"… o his campaign. “Literally every business in America falls under the Commerce Committee,” he said. “I oversee literally every company in America, whet …"

McCain tax bill would save corporate contributors millions

WASHINGTON, D.C. February 11, 2000 — Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has talked at length about tax cuts that would benefit lowe

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"… director, John W. Timmons, and Timmons’ wife, Paula a former aide on the Commerce Committee, which McCain chairs – are lobbyists for AT&T.John Timmons said, how …"

"… e also included eight other telecommunications firms. Staff members of the Commerce Committee said that no outside influences encouraged McCain’s promotion of the bil …"

"… Honig said.“We never discussed this bill with any outside interests,” Commerce Committee Majority Staff Director Mark Buse said. “This bill was drafted solely to …"

"… uggestions that he has helped contributors through his chairmanship of the Commerce Committee.“About 80 percent of all business in this country is somehow or another …"

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