"… of them had never directly lobbied his office. …"

"… agency. From 2005 to 2008, he used members of his family, friends, and PMA lobbyists to make unlawful campaign contributions.As The Murtha Method detailed, Mu …"

"… MA Group. When asked about the four former staffers who have registered as lobbyists for firms receiving earmarks from Young, his spokesman told the Center th …"

"… orms. In the field to indicate exactly which bills and specific provisions lobbyists are working on, the group instead listed only the most general of categor …"

"… lity Office; the report notes that “no civil actions or settlements with lobbyists have been pursued by the [U.S. Attorney’s] Office since 2005, although …"

"… listed specifically as working on lobbying disclosure compliance.Even the lobbyists who must file find the procedures troublesome and confusing. Dave Wenhold …"

"… gs don’t catch everything. And, he notes, there is not much training for lobbyist filers on what is expected of them. His group, he said, is “willing to w …"

"… ng illegal contributions to political candidates. Neither was a registered lobbyist for the organization.The Senate Office of Public Records makes available l …"

"… tive items. Though the union has updated its contact name, expense amount, lobbyist names, and filing methods, the fourth quarter disclosure form for 2009, fi …"

"… e ago. Indeed, some AMO forms were even resubmitted with amendments to add lobbyist names omitted from the initial filings, but the issues section remained un …"

"… de for each quarterly period “a list of the specific issues upon which a lobbyist employed by the registrant engaged in lobbying activities, including, to t …"

"… but a provision requiring disclosure of money “bundling” by registered lobbyists took longer than expected to take effect. The Federal Election Commission …"

"… ical committees began to file the new Form L3 in May 2009. So far, just 96 lobbyists have been identified as bundlers by their committees, combining for about …"

"… requires that, “to the greatest extent practicable,” the FEC makes the lobbyist bundler disclosures “publicly available through the Commission website i …"

"… the forms one by one. For the Center’s recent story listing the top five lobbyist bundlers, the FEC data had to be manually typed into a spreadsheet for ana …"

"… according to a Center analysis of Senate lobby disclosure documents. Since lobbyists are not required to itemize the amount spent on each issue, the precise a …"

"… Castagnetti, Inc. and 22 other outside firms, in addition to its in-house lobbyists. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hired Patton Boggs LLP, Podesta Group Inc, Mehlman …"

"… analyzed by the Center included “health reform” or similar wording but lobbyists are not required to delineate how much money in a given contract is devot …"

"… avita Inc, Novartis AG and Nestle USA.Chairman Tony Podesta was one of two lobbyists on GQ’s 2009 list of the 50 most influential people in Washington. His …"

"… lobby company USOC hired, is run by C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., a high-power lobbyist and former Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning at the U.S. Departm …"

"… ociation of America also lobbied on the issue last year.The NFL players’ lobbyist, William Sweetnam, Jr., who was paid $30,000 to work exclusively on health …"

"… health reimbursement account is split in the case of divorce, he said.PGA lobbyist Eric Winborn said the association was worried about the impact of health r …"

"… former professional gambler, a taxi company magnate, a telecommunications lobbyist, and a giant tobacco company are among the top lifetime givers to Senate M …"

"… least $35,000 in contributions. A former telecommunications executive and lobbyist, Krone has been a full time senior advisor to the majority leader since De …"

"… bbying firm Ryan, Phillips, Utrecht & MacKinnon, Krone was listed as a lobbyist for Duke Energy Corp. on two bills that Reid sponsored. One was an energy …"

"… eid’s second biggest contributor, with at least $31,300 in donations, is lobbyist Rita M. Lewis, 49, senior vice president of government relations for the s …"

"… around a U.S. Capitol conference room table with conservative and business lobbyists, including representatives of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other infl …"

"… So perhaps it’s no surprise that Boehner’s top career donors include a lobbyist-turned-tobacco executive, two former CEOs of an insurance company, the hea …"

"… rance company, the head of a coal company, and a former telecommunications lobbyist, as well as corporate political action committees for two tobacco behemoth …"

"… House Minority Leader.Boehner ran for his leadership post on a platform of lobbyist reform, telling Fox News Channel: “I’ve got a long record of … refor …"

"… ocal assistance, such as earmarks shepherded with the help of a Washington lobbyist the city hired while Palin was mayor.Wasilla negotiated for two or three y …"

"… rosecutors last year that he formed an illegal relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Prosecutors alleged that the aide, Mark Zachares, handed Abr …"

"… ts and some of the transit interests are gearing up,” says one long-time lobbyist.“And Congress knows that if they [spend $4 billion on high speed rail], …"