The price of persuasion went down in 2012, the second consecutive year of declining spending on lobbying, according to figures released today by the Center for Responsive Politics. Total spending to try to influence Congress, the White House and federal...
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The Google Inc. logo in Washington.
Price of Persuasion Down Year to Year
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Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, on the Capitol.
Reid’s Tax, Economic Adviser: Via G.E.
The official biography of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s newest senior staff member is just a bit incomplete. The Nevada Democrat announced today the hiring of Cathy Koch, former chief tax counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, as his adviser...
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co. (GE), speaks during a keynote address at the Minds + Machines 2012: Unleashing the Industrial Internet conference in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 29, 2012.
Immelt to Boehner: Tax Me
Stipulate that Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric, chairs the White House’s council on jobs and competitiveness. Then hear what the chief executive had to say this morning about the budget talks in Washington. “Everybody knows we need revenue,” Immelt...
Read more »General Electric, Sprint Nextel Latest Companies to Leave ALEC
The corporate exodus from the American Legislative Exchange Council continues. The latest companies to withdraw from the public policy organization include General Electric Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., and Western Union Co., according to ColorofChange.org, a New York-based civil rights organization...
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Obama’s Address at Bank of America — or, Bank of Romney, Stadium
It initially seemed fitting for President Barack Obama to accept his party’s nomination for re-election at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Employees of the Charlotte-based bank whose name...
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Ursula Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corp.
Obama’s Jobs Panel: Members Only
Written by Molly Shiels The campaign fuss over the president’s Jobs Council — the one that hasn’t met for several months — led to a new question today: Does the White House even know who is on its Jobs and...
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