Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years.
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The National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Convention on May 4, 2013 in Houston, Texas.
NRA Targets Manchin, A-Rated Once, Gun Debate Grows Personal
The National Rifle Association is out with a new television ad criticizing West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for “working with” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Barack Obama to push for stricter gun controls. “Concerned? You should be,” a...
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The Google Inc. Chrome icon is reflected in water droplets.
Google Searches for More Washington Influence: 88% Investment Boost
Google Inc. is trying to be as ubiquitous in Washington as it is online. The Internet search engine increased its lobbying budget last year more than any of the 30 largest U.S. publicly traded companies, a new report by Bloomberg...
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President Barack Obama holds up a Baltimore Ravens jersey given to him by head coach John Harbaugh, right, as linebacker Ray Lewis looks on, after welcoming members of the National Football League Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens during a South Lawn ceremony on June 5, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Obama’s Purple Prose for the Ravens
President Barack Obama toasted the Superbowl-champion Baltimore Ravens today in a ceremony at the White House, jokingly warning them not to tear up the lawn and referencing — while not performing — retired quarterback Ray Lewis’s touchdown dance. The players,...
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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc.
Zuckerberg Unfriends Techies With New Political Status
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has lost some allies in his fight to change U.S. immigration law. He’s also made some new ones. Haley Barbour, former governor of Mississippi, joined a Republican subgroup of Zuckerberg’s new nonprofit, FWD.us, after meeting the...
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A taxi leaves the Hyatt Regency Chicago hotel.
Hotel Union Protests Obama Commerce Nominee
Updated 3:20 p.m. EST Hotel and restaurant union workers plan to protest President Barack Obama’s pick of billionaire Hyatt heiress Penny Pritzker to lead the U.S. Department of Commerce. “Hyatt has singled itself out as the worst hotel employer in...
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Cayman Islands
Nonprofits: Cayman Islands of Political Money
Social welfare nonprofits, which can keep their donors secret, are a lot like Russian nesting dolls: Open one, and you’ll find a smaller version inside. That’s what courts in California discovered last year when they tried to figure out who...
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A Tea Party Express rally prior to the arrival of former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Phoenix.
IRS to Tea Party Groups: Tell Us Everything
The Internal Revenue Service had questions. Lots of questions. The U.S. tax agency has acknowledged targeting anti-tax groups with “Tea Party” or “patriot” in their names for extra scrutiny — an admission that has Congress asking questions of its own....
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Staff members sit behind a chart of guns during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC.
NRA Training Your School Guards?
The National Rifle Association today released a plan calling for more armed personnel in schools — and pitching itself as a school safety trainer. The gun-rights lobby, which claims five million members, is spending $1 million on what it calls the National School Shield,...
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President Barack Obama participates in a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington DC.
DNC in Money Pit, Obama Heading West: Gold on That Bay
President Barack Obama will headline two San Francisco Bay-Area fundraisers next week for the Democratic National Committee, which is trying to dig itself out of a $22 million hole. Obama will make his DNC pitches on April 4; the day...
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus at the National Press Club on March 18, 2013 in Washington.
RNC Suffers Super-PAC Envy
The Republican National Committee is jealous of super-political action committees. That bit of envy is tucked away on page 64 of the RNC’s 97-page “autopsy” of how to right itself after failing to win the White House and a Senate...
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Al Hunt
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Mark Silva
is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics. -
Emma Fidel
is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern. -
Don Frederick
edits political and government coverage for Bloomberg News. He previously worked for more than a decade at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. -
Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. -
Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987. -
Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010. -
Stephanie Green
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis
is a senior political reporter for the Washington Bureau. She covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News and previously covered the White House for the Baltimore Sun. -
Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
is a national political reporter looking forward to the 2016 presidential campaign, which will be the fifth he's covered. He's also reported for The Des Moines Register and Chicago Tribune. -
Julianna Goldman
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Hans Nichols
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Margaret Talev
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Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
