Business & Economy
The Swamp Fighters: A Report From Behind the Lines
Dec 4, 2017 Dennis Kelleher, founder of Better Markets, talks about the nonprofit organization's effort to protect the public interest on Wall Street.
K Street’s Deceptive Dive
Feb 5, 2013 According to figures reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, money spent to influence politicians decreased in 2011 and 2012. So did the total number of registered lobbyists. Does that mean the business is on the decline?
Internet Heavyweights Band Together
Jul 26, 2012 The titans of the Web--Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon--have joined forces to make their voices heard in Washington, forming a powerful lobbying group called the Internet Association.
The A-List of Loathsome Lobbyists
Jul 14, 2012 In this dark dual season of Citizens United and presidential campaigning, The Progressive serves up a list of nine of the "most depraved lobbyists money can buy.”
Lobbying Firm Proposes ‘Hit Job’ on OWS
Nov 20, 2011 MSNBC journalist Chris Hayes brings us a memo written by a Washington lobbying firm staffed with former aides of Republican Speaker John Boehner offering American bankers a near $1 million publicity blitz against Occupy Wall Street and its congressional supporters. (more)
Miracle on K Street
Dec 25, 2009
