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Top 10 lobby firms take financial reform to the bank

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

Just 10 Washington lobbying firms represented more than 130 key clients in the financial regulatory reform debate that is entering a crucial

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Grading the nation: How accountable is your state?

By Caitlin Ginley

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Five lobbyists for each member of Congress on financial reforms

By M.B. Pell and Joe Eaton

No longer on staff

By Elspeth Reeve

Five lobbyists for each member of Congress on financial reforms

By M.B. Pell and Joe Eaton

Businesses, trade groups and other interests hired more than five lobbyists for each member of Congress to influence financial regulatory re

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By M. Asif Ismail

Lobbying laws in the states

By Neil Gordon

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

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By Robert Morlino

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Health reform lobbyist mistakenly errs on side of transparency

By Joe Eaton

If numbers are to be trusted, longtime advertising lobbyist Jim Davidson of Polsinelli Shughart is the top dog of the 2009 health care refor

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Commentary: Changing Washington: The hard part

By Bill Buzenberg

PhRMA's envoys

By M. Asif Ismail

Drug lobby second to none

By M. Asif Ismail

Spending on lobbying thrives

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Lobbyists swarm capitol to influence health reform

By Joe Eaton and M.B. Pell

When President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership on Thursday to jump start stalled health reform efforts, industry lobbyists

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

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

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Elizabeth Lucas

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

On financial reform bill, 52 percent of lobbyists worked in government

By Caitlin Ginley and M.B. Pell

More than half of the lobbying force seeking to influence landmark financial reform legislation is made up of former members of Congress, Ca

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States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

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More than 2,000 spin through revolving door

By Elizabeth Brown

Ratio of lobbyists to legislators 2006

By The Center for Public Integrity

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D.C. council passes ethics code, but does it pass our ethics survey?

By Caitlin Ginley

Earlier this week the District of Columbia Council unanimously approved emergency legislation to establish the city’s first “Code of Officia

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Michigan moving up?

By Caitlin Ginley

Citing his state’s poor showing in the Center’s States of Disclosure ranking, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox yesterday proposed an ethic

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Battle over transportation bill picks up steam, again

By Gordon Witkin

Delaware lawmakers move to address low grade from State Integrity Investigation

By Caitlin Ginley

Florida group uses State Integrity Investigation to push reform

By Caitlin Ginley

ALEC exempted from lobbyist status in three separate states

By Paul Abowd

Southern Company dominates the climate lobbying scene

By Marianne Lavelle and David Donald

Southern Company, the nation’s largest electric power generator, also had the largest force of lobbyists among the hundreds of businesses an

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Less clean coal lobbying? Not exactly

By Marianne Lavelle

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Climate lobbying heats up at the state level

By Te-Ping Chen

No longer on staff

By Elspeth Reeve

Excerpts from this story referencing "American Electric Power":

"… ow huge Southern’s lobbying force is, look at the No. 2 power generator, American Electric Power, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, which actually has a more fossil fuel-in …"

After glitch cleared up, lobbying ranks back to normal

By Marianne Lavelle

If you, like PaperTrail, try to keep tabs on the lobbyists roaming Capitol Hill, you were probably equally confused when, as of the January

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Public service, personal gain

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Hidden agendas

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Frequently asked questions

By Charles Lewis

Ga. leads states shining more light on legislator finances

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

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