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Koch's web of influence

By John Aloysius Farrell

The Koch Industries web of influence

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Koch's low profile belies political power

By Kevin Bogardus

Issa oversight committee staffs up with industry insiders

By Brooke Williams and Matt Pearce

Daily Disclosure: Koch-funded groups attack Obama for 'war on coal'

By Rachael Marcus

New documentary underscores Koch brothers' broad influence in policy and politics

By Sandy Johnson

Koch buys online advertising to attack report on its lobbying influence

Oil firm takes out online ads attacking Center reporter’s project on lobbying

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Calling Koch

By The Center for Public Integrity

How the Feds stack up

By The Center for Public Integrity

Commentary: No good deed goes unpunished

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

The politics of energy: Oil and gas

By Kevin Bogardus

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2003 — The sweeping energy bill now pending in Congress offers a geyser of new tax breaks and other government good

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Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

EPA focuses anew on obscure chemicals in consumer products

By Jane Kay

EPA's 'Brownfields' program coming up short

By Gwyneth Shaw, Beverly Ford and Evelyn Larrubia

K Street lobbyists carry water for OPEC

By Kevin Bogardus

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Top five lobbyist bundlers revealed; four worked exclusively for Democrats

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Only in Washington, D.C., would "bundling" be a highly prized skill. And perhaps only in the nation's capital would an exclusive ranking of

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Delaware lawmakers move to address low grade from State Integrity Investigation

By Caitlin Ginley

Southern Company dominates the climate lobbying scene

By Marianne Lavelle and David Donald

Ohio Democrats demand transparency task force in response to D grade

By Caitlin Ginley

Michigan moving up?

By Caitlin Ginley

With 6 car dealers in Congress, industry revs up horsepower on Capitol Hill

By Kimberly Leonard

Car dealers rev up horsepower on Capitol Hill

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Auto dealers spend big to stay out of financial reform

By Joe Eaton

Auto dealers maneuver for exemption in financial reform bill

By Michael Hudson

How Wall Street can still win

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders

By Keith Epstein and Ben Protess

Blue Dogs, decimated by defeats and retirements, turn to lobbying shops

By Aaron Mehta

A third of Blue Dog congress members who left office in January are now on K Street

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Blue dogs' fundraising totals plummet in third quarter

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Michigan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Methodology

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States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

Excerpts from this story referencing "Lobbying":

"… tivating factor: “I have to continue to work. … I have bills to pay.”Lobbying provides a better financial lifestyle than that of a member of Congress, a …"

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Mitch Daniels' state PAC raised more money than other presidential wannabees

By Aaron Mehta

Mitch Daniels raised more than $2 million for his state-based PAC, highest among presidential contenders

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FACT CHECK: Gunning down the truth in Michigan

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Pro-Perry ‘super PAC’ biggest presidential spender, Romney group looms

By Josh Israel

ANALYSIS: Romney losses show disgruntled GOP base

By The Associated Press

‘Super PACs’ spend $13 million on early primaries, Romney top beneficiary

By John Dunbar

Scared Red: The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

The PACs that followed the nation rightward in 2010

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FACT CHECK: Fact or fiction?

By FactCheck.Org

McCain-Feingold changes state party spending

By Agustín Armendariz and Aron Pilhofer

State parties collected nearly $570 million in contributions, soft money transfers in 2000

By John Dunbar, MaryJo Sylwester and Robert Moore

The state money race

By Derek Willis

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

The Center for Public Integrity compiled its climate lobby database from lobbying disclosure reports filed with the Secretary of the Senate’

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Less clean coal lobbying? Not exactly

By Marianne Lavelle

Second quarter data added to Center's climate lobby database

By The PaperTrail Staff

Southern Company dominates the climate lobbying scene

By Marianne Lavelle and David Donald

Following Obama’s speech, parsing key players for global warming legislation

By Matthew Lewis

Climate change lobbying dominated by 10 firms

By Marianne Lavelle and Matthew Lewis

Hundreds of lobbyists are cramming into Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building this week for the House Energy and Commerce Committee

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Washington lobbying giants cash in on health reform debate

By Joe Eaton, M.B. Pell and Aaron Mehta

K Street pushes Chinese textiles interests

By Marina Walker Guevara

The top 10 companies lobbying on climate change

By Marianne Lavelle

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

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