Daniel Inouye — Senate Appropriations Committee (and Appropriations Defense Subcommittee)

By Josh Israel

Daniel Inouye, the 86-year-old Senate Appropriations Chairman, doesn’t shy away from his big-spending ways — he brags about it. “It may plea

Excerpts from this story referencing "communications industry":

"… ropriations, he got significant campaign contributions from players in the communications industry and from government defense contractors. Both Boeing and Northrop Grumman, …"

Industry battles re-regulation

By John Dunbar

Cable lobbying climbs by 50 percent

Excerpts from this story referencing "communications industry":

"… ter of travel for members of those committees; in fact, it is No. 1 in the communications industry as a whole.(The NCTA also spent $192,609 on 102 trips over an eight-year p …"

Anatomy of a lobbying blitz

By John Dunbar

Cable industry enlists diverse crowd in high-level influence campaign

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"… the FCC from 1970 to 1977 and was a chief advocate of deregulation of the communications industry. Lawrence W. Secrest III, a partner with the firm overseeing the media pra …"

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From government service to private practice

By Daniel Lathrop

Writers of telecom law move to K Street

Excerpts from this story referencing "communications industry":

"… have worked as registered lobbyists, many leaving the FCC to work for the communications industry and later returning to government. Most notable among them is FCC Commissi …"

Networks of influence

By John Dunbar, Daniel Lathrop and Robert Morlino

The political power of the communications industry

Excerpts from this story referencing "communications industry":

"… of reports released on Oct. 28, 2004, regarding political influence by the communications industry, a total of 18 industry-funded trips worth $31,891 were incorrectly assign …"

"… ign contributions, lobbying expenditures and other spending shows that the communications industry has spent at least $900 million* since 1998 to affect election outcomes an …"

"… efore Congress and the White House.The report focuses on the three primary communications industry sectors that control the information pipelines in the United States – br …"

"… ations from industry employees, labor unions representing employees in the communications industry and political action committees.The Center identified 450 industry-funded …"