lobbyists

With Stevens’s Fall, a Lobbyist Pipeline Shuts Off

Stevie Converse — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:59:38 -0800

Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch

Stevie Converse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:18:09 -0700

McCain and His Lobbyists: the Cablevision Connection

Stevie Converse — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:25:52 -0700

One great but unnoticed benefit to McCain of fighting with Obama about talking to Iran for the last six days: It has somewhat overshadowed a string of stories about top McCain advisors who have made a living lobbying for some rather dubious foreign regimes.

List of McCain Fund-Raisers Includes Prominent Lobbyists

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:02:14 -0700

Senator John McCain has staked his campaign for the presidency in large part on his reputation as a reformer intent on curbing the influence of money in politics. But an examination by The New York Times of a list of 106 elite fund-raisers who have brought in more than $100,000 each for Mr. McCain found that about a sixth of them were lobbyists.

Larry Lessig: Time to Reject Corporate Influence on Washington

Stevie Converse — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:20:49 -0700

Iconic Internet law professor Larry Lessig may have cast off plans for a congressional bid of his own, but he still wants to turn the political process as we know it upside down. No more money from corporate political action committees and lobbyists. No more earmarks to fund pet projects in federal spending bills. Public financing for all congressional campaigns.