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Our broken government - An update

By Josh Israel

President elect Barack Obama faces a system rife with the product of eight years of anti-regulatory behavior

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Our broken government

By Josh Israel

Commentary: Freedom of information under attack

By Charles Lewis

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

By Shannon Feaster, Nathaniel Heller, Marianne Holt, Annys Shin and Russ Tisinger

Millionaires continue to dominate presidential race

By Daniel Lathrop

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

24 states have made disclosure strides since 2003

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States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

Hired guns - Initial report

By Robert Morlino, Leah Rush and Derek Willis

Second labor union failed to disclose lobbying activities

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Candidates for GOP House Leader also have ties to K Street

By Elizabeth Brown

At least 19 former staff members are lobbyists

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New GOP House leader has many old ties to K Street

By The Center for Public Integrity

Indictment of a system

By Elizabeth Brown and Alex Knott

The perils of a highway bill

By Gordon Witkin

A vacation from the rules

By Anupama Narayanswamy

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Abramoff plea: digging up K Street

By Alex Knott

The history of lobbying shows a web of conflicts

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

Traveling on the Abramoff plan

By Steve Henn

State lobbying becomes billion-dollar business

By Sarah Laskow

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

Timely, effective and fair?

Justice Department makes a valuable public database all but inaccessible

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Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Hired guns - Initial report

By Robert Morlino, Leah Rush and Derek Willis

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

Florida reforms targeted by 'good government' group

By Caitlin Ginley

Illegal defense

By Lauren Bonora, Kate Sheppard and Alex Knott

Center finds violations, missing records regarding legal expense funds

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Lobbyists tag along on civil rights tour

By Marina Walker Guevara

State lobbying becomes billion-dollar business

By Sarah Laskow

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

Second labor union failed to disclose lobbying activities

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

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Video: LobbyWatch press conference

By The Center for Public Integrity

Watch the press conference in which the Center's executive director introduces LobbyWatch

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Commentary: No good deed goes unpunished

Methodology

By The Center for Public Integrity

How the Feds stack up

By The Center for Public Integrity

Hired guns - Initial report

By Robert Morlino, Leah Rush and Derek Willis

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

At least one in five companies lobbying fail to file required forms

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Timely, effective and fair?

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

Second labor union failed to disclose lobbying activities

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Your tax dollars at work—on K Street

By Julia DiLaura

Cities, states and universities spend more than half a billion dollars lobbying

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Separation of earmark powers

By Matthew Lewis

Developers in the driver's seat on transportation

By Matthew Lewis

The perils of a highway bill

By Gordon Witkin

Breaking the law

By M. Asif Ismail

More than 2,000 spin through revolving door

By Elizabeth Brown

Nearly 250 former members of Congress and agency heads register to lobby

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States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

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

By Caitlin Ginley and M.B. Pell

States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jiminez

How the Feds stack up

By The Center for Public Integrity

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