GOP deficit-cutters eye health IT stimulus funds as Obama’s point man leaves

By Kimberly Leonard

Billions of unspent stimulus dollars slated for electronic health records are now a target for lawmakers searching the federal budget for cu

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"… Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former head of the Congressional Budget Office and adviser to Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, said these bills repre …"

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

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"… o then headed the EPA and who now serves as President Barack Obama’s top adviser on energy and climate change issues.“You don’t just go to the administ …"

The climate lobbyists

By Matthew Lewis

A sampling of power players

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"… n team and later for the Bush/Cheney team, and was a presidential campaign adviser. Climate clients: American Petroleum Institute, Chevron, the Electric Powe …"

"… llespie & Associates Quinn served as President Clinton’s chief legal adviser after previous stints as chief of staff and counselor to Vice President Al …"

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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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"… n’s pair of municipally-minded climate lobbyists: Tanya DeRivi, a former adviser to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Marek Gootman, a for …"

"… the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and Marek Gootman, a former adviser on community development policy and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. …"

"… off, came to the firm after serving as House Energy and Commerce Committee adviser to former Missouri Democratic Representative Karen McCarthy.McBee Strategi …"

Broken elections, stolen votes

By Susan Q. Stranahan

Were the chaotic presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 an anomaly or a harbinger of things to come this November? Is democracy, as Karl Ro

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"… gitimate concerns, and that von Spakovsky acted properly in his role as an adviser. Wang says she sees a positive result from this outcome: The commission, s …"

Though inactive since 2005, FEC complaints have kept America Coming Together's doors open

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

In 2004, America Coming Together (ACT) made a big splash as one of the larger independent “527” committees set up to influence the president

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"… from Catalist, a voter database company. Harold Ickes, a prominent former adviser to both Bill and Hillary Clinton and ACT organizer, is president of the co …"

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Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… tly upon CA capabilities, this decision should be revisited by the current Secretary of Defense.”Maj. Gen. David Morris, who commanded U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psych …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

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"… rt of a choreographed effort in several big money centers such as Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco to improve the president’s standing.Bundlers suggest t …"

Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Under attack, credit rating agencies turn to the First Amendment

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"… id Jerome Fons, a former managing director for credit quality at Moody’s.Eric Kolchinsky, a former Moody’s managing director turned critic of the company, said t …"

Americans for Job Security — how a shadow group hustles for funds

By Peter H. Stone

Long-time GOP operative David Carney is hardly a household name like Karl Rove. But among Republican strategists and fundraisers in Washingt

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"… sident George H.W. Bush. “He’s smart and he’s tough,” says another D.C. lobbyist and fundraiser whose ties to Carney go back many years. The source added that “Carney i …"

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