Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

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"… l Hill for maintaining a low profile. There are no former U.S. senators or House committee chairmen on the payroll. The firm had 30 registered lobbyists in 2010, man …"

IMPACT: Issa threatens ATF with contempt for withholding documents in gun probe

By David Heath

Issa threatens ATF with contempt for not producing documents

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"… s against 34 people in the Fast and Furious case. Most were straw buyers. …"

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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"… phole in the ban they trumpeted? A spokeswoman for the then Democratic-led House committee that wrote the 2008 law said the panel supports the Fed’s interpretation …"

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Weak laws, paltry resources hinder gun trafficking probes, say ATF backers

By David Heath

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is under fire, but supporters say the agency lacks the tools needed to conduct succe

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"… ATF to trace 62,606 firearms. In 2009, an ATF official testified before a House committee that more than 90 percent of the traceable guns at Mexican crime scenes ca …"

Following the money for construction, campaigns

By Matthew Lewis

Critical deadlines are looming to renew funding for transportation projects, but there are differing approaches to the problem in the House

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"… & Infrastructure committee. So perhaps it’s not surprising that the House committee’s leadership is far more reliant on the transportation and construction …"

"… with the Senate Environment and Public Works panel. Especially since that House committee wants to provide more cash for a longer period of time.According to our an …"

The road gang

By Matthew Lewis

Roadbuilding lobby wary as livability advocates gain momentum

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"… ommittee until lawmakers find a way to pay for it.Around the same time the House committee put its cards on the table last summer, the infrastructure advocacy group& …"

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U.S. lacks basic security for e-passport manufacturing

By John Solomon

Last month, a gunman opened fire on an insurance building in the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya, piercing the glass windows of the People’s

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"… John Dingell (D-Mich.)Rep. John D. Dingell, D-Mich., the chairman of that House committee back in 2008 when the assurances were given, said in an interview that the …"

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

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"… ts explaining the diesel study protocol go to the coalition along with the House committee.Little of consequence happened after that until March of this year, when t …"

"… when the researchers gave drafts of the soon-to-be-published study to the House committee but not to the diesel coalition. In April, Chajet asked Judge Haik to orde …"

State ethics update — May 22

By Caitlin Ginley

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

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"… it lobbyist gifts.But ethics reform is making a comeback in Texas, where a House committee in mid-May approved the toughest ethics laws in six years. The bills, whic …"

House committee subpoenas ATF for documents on gun probe

By David Heath

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today issued a subpoena

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"… Department, [t]hey’re stonewalling,” Grassley said in a statement.The House committee subpoena has given ATF until April 13th to produce documents. …"

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