Gingrich cements ties to religious leaders

By Peter H. Stone

Newt Gingrich spinoff group aims to raise as much as $1 million to spend on religious-blessed political issues in coming months...

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"… Carolina primary voters are heavily evangelical. For Gingrich, the former House Speaker who has been divorced twice and is now on his third marriage, the stakes a …"

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

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"… body a break. You’re always entitled to come back again,” said Fred Pozzuto, a department NEPA compliance officer. “We have to always be forgivi …"

Medical device industry lobbies IRS, Congress to dodge health law tax

By Joe Eaton

Device makers lobbying to get out from under tax imposed by health care reform law

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"… vaMed executive Brett Loper, who lobbied against the excise tax, was named House Speaker John Boehner’s chief policy officer. Elizabeth Kegler, the association …"

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State ethics update — July 31

By Caitlin Ginley

Since the release of our States of Disclosure report last month, we’ve been monitoring discussions in state capitols about the need for toug

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"… ew these proposals in September.In Idaho, which lacks any disclosure laws, House Speaker Lawrence Denney has promised not to quash a disclosure bill, like he did t …"

State ethics update — June 5

By Caitlin Ginley

Here’s our biweekly round-up of recent developments regarding ethics policies in the states. PaperTrail is digging through the news for the

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"… essee, the legislature finally voted in the first week of June to fold the state ethics commission into the Registry of Election Finance, which would save the state money. B …"

State ethics policies — May 8

By Caitlin Ginley

PaperTrail provides our bi-weekly round-up of recent action on ethics policies in the states. We’re digging through the news for any potenti

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"… gifts. The measure would also make records available online, and give the state ethics commission subpoena power. But with Alabama’s regular legislative session ending in …"

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A rundown of new state ethics legislation

By Caitlin Ginley

There’s a flurry of recent activity in state capitals regarding financial-disclosure laws, a subject of ongoing scrutiny by the Center....

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"… cue from Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposed ethics changes earlier this year, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo introduced a major ethics overhaul package that would give …"

Big GOP contributor advised administration's energy task force

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — When a generous patron of President Bush and the Republican Party sought political backing for his company's

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"… rds of such meetings from the White House. In an August 17, 2001 report to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, David M. Walker, the comptroller general, wrote, “We are …"

'Drill here. Drill now.' Donate more.

By Marianne Lavelle

Las Vegas casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson upped his ante in former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's unregulated issues-advocacy group in August,

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"… report. …"

Enron's deregulation fight

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Efforts to deregulate the nation's electricity market began with the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies A

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"… als to lobby state capitols. For instance, in Texas, it hired former state House Speaker Gib Lewis as a lobbyist. Sue Nord, a former Massachusetts Department of Pu …"

"… year, Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay wrote a letter to North Carolina House Speaker Harold Brubaker requesting a seat on a study panel for an Enron employee, …"

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