Excluded groups want in on health information technology funding

By Kimberly Leonard

Economic stimulus package has $27 billion for health IT; excluded providers are fighting for a slice

Excerpts from this story referencing "Representative":

"… funding federal investment to make it happen has been around for a while. Representatives of various health sectors were lobbying Congress and helping to craft leg …"

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for pollution, still no sentencing

By Jim Morris

Four years after oil company's criminal conviction for air pollution, still no sentencing

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Representative":

"… The estimated cost of a complete cleanup is $29 billion and rising.Enter Representative Tom DeLay, House Majority Leader and one of the most powerful people in Wa …"

"… y, conference committee negotiation session in November, DeLay, along with Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana and Representative Joe Barton of Texas, slipped …"

"… n November, DeLay, along with Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana and Representative Joe Barton of Texas, slipped a provision into the energy bill exempting MT …"

"… increase gasoline costs, and increase the federal budget deficit,” says Representative Henry Waxman, a California Democrat who has been one of the harshest criti …"

Advertisement

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

Excerpts from this story referencing "Heather":

"… 0 to its sister Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). His wife, Heather, is a successful lobbyist in her own right and bundled another $25,000 to …"

Newt Gingrich faces questions about consulting job and support for biofuels

By John Aloysius Farrell

Gingrich takes consulting fee from ethanol while getting big fossil fuel donations

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
Advertisement

Analysis — Insurers’ ‘friends’ will influence public option debate in Conn.

By Wendell Potter

Health insurers in Connecticut will call on some of their longtime allies to help turn the public and state lawmakers against the idea of cr

Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

Coal ash: The hidden story

By Kristen Lombardi

Pat Nees never liked the water at the Moose Lodge. Almost everyone in tiny Colstrip, Montana, drank and dined at Lodge #2190, but the well w

Excerpts from this story referencing "Representative":

"… 80, Congress passed the so-called “Bevill Amendment,” named for former Representative Tom Bevill of Alabama, establishing hurdles for hazardous-waste regulation …"

"… , clearly, the lack of any regulation is not good enough.”On January 13, Representative Edward Markey, of Massachusetts, who heads the House Energy and Commerce s …"

Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversight?

By Sarah Laskow

Boston Marathon bombing raises new questions.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Representative":

"… ion over homeland security — a group that included tough infighters like Representative Don Young and Senator Ted Stevens, both Alaska Republicans — opposed the …"

"… ent committee structure was already producing better results. Since 2003, Representative Christopher Cox, a California Republican, and Representative Jim Turner, a …"

"… Since 2003, Representative Christopher Cox, a California Republican, and Representative Jim Turner, a Democrat of Texas, had led a temporary house committee on ho …"

"… substitute for expertise, institutional knowledge, and experience,” said Representative John Mica, a Florida Republican, of the Transportation and Infrastructure …"

Pages