Less clean coal lobbying? Not exactly

By Marianne Lavelle

Don’t think that the “clean coal” blitz faded in the first months of the Obama administration just because newly filed disclosure forms show

The top 10 companies lobbying on climate change

By Marianne Lavelle

Some lobbyists have even more reason than others to be hanging out in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building this week during the ma

Second quarter data added to Center's climate lobby database

By The PaperTrail Staff

Last week, the Center published a new investigation into the more than 460 new businesses and interest groups that jumped into lobbying Cong
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House ethics panel clears 'Murtha Method' representatives

By Nick Schwellenbach

The House ethics committee ended its investigation of the last two defense appropriators remaining in its crosshairs, according to a report

Commentary: Changing Washington: The hard part

By Bill Buzenberg

The difficulty overcoming the entrenched political tradition of earmarks is just one of many hard realities that will test the Obama Adminis

Tracking lobbying giant PMA’s former clients

By Nick Schwellenbach

To say that Washington is a town built on relationships is an understatement. A recent example: In the wake of the embattled lobbying firm P
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A high-profile client list for lobbyist in ethics probe

By Nick Schwellenbach

Lobbyist Julie Domenick received a request for documents in an Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) investigation into eight House lawmakers

Bad weather creates perfect storm for dirty politicians

By Sarah Laskow

As if destroying houses and displacing people weren’t enough, apparently natural disasters also increase the likelihood of politicians going

Obama’s tough ethics order has glaring loophole

By Sarah Laskow

The executive order President Obama signed yesterday may lay out the strictest ethics restrictions in the history of Washington, but it woul

Georgia beefs up disclosure

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2005 — In the last vote of this year's session, the Georgia General Assembly on Thursday, March 31, passed House Bill 4

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