"… adership on Thursday to jump start stalled health reform efforts, industry lobbyists will not be in the room. But if the successful 2009 lobbying effort to in …"

"… s shows that more than 1,750 companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists — eight for each member of Congress — to influence health reform bill …"

"… visible organizations in the halls of Congress, AARP deployed 56 in-house lobbyists and two from outside firms to work the issue on behalf of its members. Th …"

"… half of its members. The pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce deployed 47 lobbyists, all but eight from outside firms. The corporate titans who direct the Bu …"

"… atch settled the lawsuit with the Obama administration, said Tony Corbo, a lobbyist with the group. The FDA turned over its complete work plans from 2001 thro …"

"… ng to a Center for Public Integrity analysis.Of the 3,000 financial reform lobbyists, the Center found 1,556 have gone through Washington’s revolving door b …"

"… on their overall lobbying efforts. But the disclosure law does not require lobbyists to itemize how much is spent on specific issues — nor does it require l …"

"… ts to itemize how much is spent on specific issues — nor does it require lobbyists to clearly identify former jobs with government agencies or on Capitol Hi …"

"… h gives former government officials considerable advantages. However, some lobbyists dismiss Washington’s revolving door as simply a way for people to gain …"

"… passing legislation to give the ethics commission subpoena power and limit lobbyist gifts.But ethics reform is making a comeback in Texas, where a House commi …"

"… nal vote in the House, would regulate corporate campaign contributions and lobbyist influence. On May 18, the Senate tacked on an additional provision to an e …"

"… h administration. It pushed the candidacies of Pat Wood, the chairman, and Nora Mead Brownell, who had taken a favorable position as a Pennsylvania regulator in 1997. W …"

"… l Committee. …"

"… jor political parties.Former Montana Governor Marc Racicot is a registered lobbyist for the Houston law firm of Bracewell & Patterson, personally represen …"

"… ouse of Representatives, and simultaneously working as a very high profile lobbyist whose lucky firm is certain to add many more eager clients, Racicot instan …"

"… n the White House plans to introduce on Capitol Hill – pure gold for any lobbyist competing in today’s mercenary milieu. He will have infinitely more powe …"

"… hich was also representing Chevron at the time. Pyle was registered as a lobbyist for the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association earlier this year …"

"… can American candidates,” said Hillary Shelton, the NAACP’s Washington lobbyist and a longtime observer of national politics. “Most (black candidates) d …"

"… Lloyd Bentsen, joined Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand as a lobbyist. William Daley, the former Commerce secretary who quit the cabinet to head …"

"… k Times, at least 22 percent of those leaving Congress in the 1990s became lobbyists.While there is nothing illegal about this dance between private and publi …"

"… “anyone who has held any position in the federal government to be a paid lobbyist for any domestic interest for five years after leaving government.”Candi …"

"… case of Brain and former White House chief of staff John Podesta, who were lobbyists before joining the administration, the revolving door came full circle, w …"

"… in New York in March that featured comedian Slagle as well as scientists, lobbyists, and nonprofit groups.A think tank devoted to reducing the size of govern …"

"… ogy professor at the University of Winnipeg, and formerly by Tom Harris, a lobbyist who worked for the Toronto-based High Park Group and has been linked to en …"