http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Political_LobbyistsFind stories, videos, and photos about Political Lobbyists from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:56:42 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Political_Lobbyists14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Political Lobbyists from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/health.care.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/health.care.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe amount of money lobbyists are spending on health care reform could break records, and now that the five bills before Congress have cleared committee, that spending is expected to go into overdrive.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:39:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/02/borger.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/02/borger.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn case you hadn't noticed, Washington is in the midst of a revolution. A new president, an economic meltdown.Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/newsmakers/stanford_influence.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/04/news/newsmakers/stanford_influence.fortune/index.htmThe life of Sir Allen Stanford, the cricket and polo-loving financier who is being investigated for a potential Ponzi scheme, is a case study in how to buy respectability and influence.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/preston.accountability.now/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/26/preston.accountability.now/index.html#cnnSTCTextCall it a shot fired across the bow, or simply a stern warning to congressional Democrats: Power corrupts, and we are watching your every move. And if we think you are no longer representing the interests of your constituents, we will try to defeat you next year.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/campbell.brown.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/campbell.brown.ethics/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnfortunately, we are again asking the president to explain why exactly he announced, with great fanfare, new ethics rules if he had no intention of abiding by them.Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/new.congress.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/new.congress.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTextBefore being sworn in or casting their first votes, some newly elected members of Congress were introduced Wednesday to another hallmark of life on Capitol Hill -- the big-ticket reception for big-money donors.Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/siu.lobbyists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/12/siu.lobbyists/index.html#cnnSTCTextCorporate lobbyists may have to jockey for attention alongside smaller, grassroots organizations under new ethics rules issued by President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, one analyst says.Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:18:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/mccain.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/mccain.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepublicans say Sen. John McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, are mavericks. But in a new ad, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign says not so fast -- they're no maverick reformers.Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:13:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/lobbyists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/29/lobbyists/index.html#cnnSTCTextSens. John McCain and Barack Obama like to portray themselves as Washington outsiders, but neither candidate is completely clean of the influence of lobbyists.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/vp.folo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/vp.folo/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe day after Jim Johnson resigned from Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential candidate vetting committee, Sen. John McCain set his sights on Eric Holder, one of the two remaining members of the committee.Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/lobbyists.rap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/lobbyists.rap/index.html#cnnSTCTextLobbyist. It's a word that's making people and politicians cringe. But even though lobbyists are a target of Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, many people can't do without them.Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/03/31/one.sheet.campaign.finance/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/03/31/one.sheet.campaign.finance/index.html#cnnSTCTextUse this information to teach your students about campaign finance.Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/democrats.cancerforum.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/27/democrats.cancerforum.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextJohn Edwards and Hillary Rodham Clinton tussled over accepting campaign contributions from powerful health care groups Monday at a forum on cancer that attracted four Democratic hopefuls.Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:54:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/anti.maliki.compaign/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/anti.maliki.compaign/index.html#cnnSTCTextA powerhouse Republican lobbying firm with close ties to the White House has begun a public campaign to undermine the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, CNN has confirmed.Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/26/allawi.returns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/26/allawi.returns/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's former interim prime minister accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of fomenting sectarian violence plaguing the war-ravaged nation. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:06:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/06/lobbyists.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/06/lobbyists.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCTextDemocratic presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton is being taken to task by her two closest rivals for accepting $400,000 in campaign contributions from Washington lobbyists.Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648556,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1648556,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Democrats claim their new ethics bill fulfills a campaign promise to clean up Congress. But some Republicans say there are too many loopholes Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1646742,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1646742,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsJohn Edwards, who reiterated his commitment Tuesday to never accept campaign donations from special interest groups, has returned thousands of dollars from lobbyistsTue, 24 Jul 2007 22:40:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/31/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_arango_stubbhub.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/31/magazines/fortune/pluggedin_arango_stubbhub.fortune/index.htmIn March of 1898 a group of old-time Willy Lomans met at a New York City hotel and agreed to hire David B. Hill, the former senator, New York governor and renowned constitutional lawyer, to fight legislation banning the resale of rail tickets.Thu, 31 May 2007 17:33:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1624859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1624859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPresident Bush's choice to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission withdraws. It's a rare setback for the Administration's crusade to turn lobbyists into regulatorsTue, 29 May 2007 20:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/25/house.ethics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/25/house.ethics/index.htmlThe House passed restrictions Thursday that limit how lobbyists can raise money for members and bar spouses from lobbying lawmakers, in what Democrats called the most sweeping reforms in decades.Fri, 25 May 2007 11:06:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/06/news/economy/pluggedin_simons_pharma.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/06/news/economy/pluggedin_simons_pharma.fortune/index.htmTalk is cheap. Just ask some of the Democratic presidential candidates jockeying for position on the 2008 campaign trail. They're reserving some of their most venomous verbiage for the nation's drugmakers. Yet, despite all the demonizing, the drug lobbying in Washington remains surprisingly strong - even under the new Democrat-controlled Congress.Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/04/dems.email.reax/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/04/dems.email.reax/index.htmlFor the first time in 12 years, the Democrats are in control of both houses of the U.S. Congress.Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:27:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/03/wednesday/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/03/wednesday/index.htmlWASHINGTON (CNN) -- The leaders of the new Democratic majority in the House will kick off their tenure Thursday with new rules designed to rein in the influence of lobbyists, limit free travel by members and make it harder for lawmakers to slip their pet projects into spending bills unnoticed.Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/10/Dobbs.Oct11/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/10/Dobbs.Oct11/index.htmlI don't know about you, but I can't take seriously anyone who takes either the Republican Party or Democratic Party seriously -- in part because neither party takes you and me seriously; in part because both are bought and paid for by corporate America and special interests. And neither party gives a damn about the middle class.Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/20/ivins.hastert/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/20/ivins.hastert/index.htmlGee, the Republicans seem to have lost their moral compass since Tom DeLay quit. Who knew it could get worse without that pillar of rectitude from Texas? What a snakes' nest of corruption and nastiness.Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/03/lobbying.reform/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/03/lobbying.reform/index.htmlIt slipped through the House by four votes, divided largely along party lines, but now comes the real test: Is the new ethics bill enough to rejuvenate Congress' battered image after a series of high-profile lobbying scandals?Wed, 03 May 2006 23:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375442/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375442/index.htmTHIS SPRING in Washington, D.C., many lobbying shops are contemplating doing something they haven't done in years: hiring Democrats. That, in turn, may spell the beginning of the end of the decade-... Mon, 01 May 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/ivins.delay/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/06/ivins.delay/index.htmlIn general, I'm against kicking 'em when they're down ... unless really awful people are involved. I figured Tom DeLay is so awful, plenty of people would gang up on him and I could pass.Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/31/lobbyist.fraud/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/31/lobbyist.fraud/index.htmlA former senior aide to Rep. Tom DeLay pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to fraud conspiracy, saying he joined a scheme with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and others to enrich themselves and illegally influence members of Congress.Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:22:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/27/synfuel.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/27/synfuel.tm/index.htmlThe wording is so bland and buried so deep within a 324-page budget document that almost no one would notice that a multibillion-dollar scam is going on. Not the members of Congress voting for it and certainly not the taxpayers who will get fleeced by it. And that is exactly the idea.Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/ivins.reform/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/ivins.reform/index.htmlCynics are fond of meditating on the evil done in the name of reform. I'm a great believer in perpetual reform myself, on the theory that political systems, like houses, are always in want of some fixing. However, I have seen some pluperfect doozies passed off as reform in recent years, starting with "Social Security reform."Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:05:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/27/news/economy/lobbyist_fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/01/27/news/economy/lobbyist_fortune/index.htmYes, the Jack Abramoff scandal is a cancer eating away at the heart of Washington, fresh proof of the Beltway's culture of corruption, etc., etc. But for business, this tawdry episode is a reminder of something that gets too little notice: A company's return on lobbying and campaign contributions--let's call it return on political investment, or ROPI--is astronomically higher than any real investment it can make. These remarkable returns, not any inherent venality, explain why the pseudo-reforms likely to come in Abramoff's wake will do nothing to stop the meltdowns from recurring.Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/23/ethicsreform.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/23/ethicsreform.tm/index.htmlIf the last two days are any indication, ethics reform is now the hottest issue in Washington. A day after Republicans recruited Senator John McCain to announce their plan to clean up government, close to one hundred congressional Democrats stood together in the Library of Congress as Senator Barack Obama talked about the importance of the reforms his party was introducing. And both parties put out plans that included tighter restrictions on lobbyists and their interactions with Congress.Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/18/congress.ethics/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/18/congress.ethics/index.htmlCongressional Democrats made a sweeping election-year promise Wednesday to clean up Capitol Hill amid an influence-peddling scandal that has spurred Republicans to propose a reform package of their own.Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:41:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/kstreet.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/kstreet.tm/index.htmlNo fewer than six lobbying-reform proposals were floating around Congress late last week, and leaders of both parties were promising that one, or perhaps elements of all, would pass before Groundhog Day. TIME surveyed the latest proposals and the lawmakers behind them to handicap the probable outcome.Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/gop.ethics.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/16/gop.ethics.tm/index.htmlThe Republicans hope Tom DeLay's successor will repair their reputation, but the stink of the lobbying scandal clings hard to the GOP.Mon, 16 Jan 2006 21:03:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/01/23/8367041/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/01/23/8367041/index.htmWhen does good old-fashioned lobbying become bribery? That's the question Congress and business leaders alike find themselves grappling with since the fall of Jack Abramoff, Washington's most notor... Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/09/abramoff.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/09/abramoff.tm/index.htmlAbramoff tended to pick clients far removed from the Beltway who were sometimes either too desperate or too unfamiliar with the lobbying trade to question his unorthodox tactics and exorbitant feesMon, 09 Jan 2006 20:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/21/scanlon.plea/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/21/scanlon.plea/index.htmlMichael Scanlon, a former top aide to Rep. Tom DeLay and a onetime partner of high-powered Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge Monday.Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/18/lobbyists.tribes/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/18/lobbyists.tribes/index.htmlA lawyer who worked with high-powered Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is expected to testify against him as part of a plea bargain with the Justice Department, two government sources have told CNN.Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:11:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/commentary/dobbs/corporate_lobbying/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/08/11/commentary/dobbs/corporate_lobbying/index.htmThere's no denying both political parties in Congress are now owned lock, stock and barrel by corporate interests. Our nation's elected officials in Washington have formed a partnership with the corporate supremacists and special interest groups in an effort to drive profits to the bottom line of U.S. multinationals at the expense of hard-working Americans.Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:08:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/news/midcaps/scandal_enron/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/news/midcaps/scandal_enron/index.htmDisgraced former energy giant Enron is once again flexing its lobbying muscle in Washington, trying to convince lawmakers to strike a provision that would allow a group of Western utility companies to get out of paying Enron big fees for terminating their contracts with the bankrupt firm, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/28/abramoff.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/28/abramoff.tm/index.htmlAt this stage, it's not easy to make Jack Abramoff's reputation worse. The Washington superlobbyist has been caught, in his e-mails, calling his Indian tribal clients "monkeys" and "morons."Tue, 28 Jun 2005 17:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/02/jack.abramoff.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/02/jack.abramoff.tm/index.htmlSince he emerged as a leading character in the controversy over House majority leader Tom DeLay's ethical standards, Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been famously tight-lipped.Mon, 02 May 2005 21:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/14/delay.company.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/14/delay.company.tm/index.htmlThe G.O.P. leader's troubles mount, with new questions about his dealings with the former aide who helped build his political machine.Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:24:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/25/pf/sixfigs_ten/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/01/25/pf/sixfigs_ten/index.htmThere won't just be a lot of arguing among lawmakers over Social Security reform in the coming months.Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/06/thu.hot/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/06/thu.hot/index.htmlCheck out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.Thu, 06 May 2004 12:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/12/monday/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/12/monday/index.htmlCheck out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/15/haiti.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/15/haiti.tm/index.htmlHaiti is the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. But with the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, it is becoming clear how much money both he and his chief foe, the Bush Administration, spent not on alleviating that poverty but on politicking against each other.Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:50:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/09/news/economy/outsourcing_splits.dj/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/03/09/news/economy/outsourcing_splits.dj/index.htmTension is mounting within the National Association of Manufacturers, with many smaller members urging the big lobbying group to do more to fight the migration of jobs overseas even as many of its larger members embrace the trend, Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reported.Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/23/paige.terrorist.nea/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/23/paige.terrorist.nea/index.htmlEducation Secretary Rod Paige called the National Education Association a "terrorist organization" Monday as he argued that the country's largest teachers union often acts at odds with the wishes of rank-and-file teachers regarding school standards and accountability.Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:21:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/01/elec04.prez.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/01/elec04.prez.main/index.htmlSen. John Kerry braved sub-zero temperatures Sunday to stump for votes in frosty North Dakota, while his rivals tried to heat up the race with a new line of attack: that the Democratic front-runner has been too cozy with lobbyists to effectively lead the fight against powerful special interests.Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/elec04.prez.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/31/elec04.prez.main/index.htmlHoward Dean lashed out Saturday at Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. John Kerry with some of the harshest rhetoric of the campaign, calling Kerry "another special interest clone."Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:49:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351655/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/10/27/351655/index.htmWith almost daily bombings and terror attacks, Iraq borders on anarchy. The situation is so dicey that not even diplomats can conceal the danger. David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector, says I...Mon, 27 Oct 2003 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/08/11/346813/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/08/11/346813/index.htmWhen chief executives of American corporations come to Washington, they discover that, to get what they want, they are forced to act in unnatural ways. For instance, nobody at insurance giant Ameri...Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/06/01/346432/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2003/06/01/346432/index.htmAfter the Catholic church, AAA--the official name of the American Automobile Association--is the second-largest organization in the U.S. With 46 million members, the century-old AAA is a beloved Am...Sun, 01 Jun 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/321995/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/04/29/321995/index.htmFor a couple of embarrassing years in the mid-'90s, Microsoft's primary lobbying presence in D.C. was "Jack and his Jeep." As the software giant's sole in-house lobbyist, Jack Krumholtz, then 33, h...Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/04/01/321006/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2002/04/01/321006/index.htmIt's 10 A.M. and Dirk Van Dongen is taking his seat in the West Wing. Around him are a select group of other lobbyists and two of the President's men, political strategist Karl Rove and economic ad...Mon, 01 Apr 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311217/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/10/01/311217/index.htmIn a private dining room situated near the top of a downtown Nashville office building, nearly 50 Republican activists are having a good laugh. The nation's capital, their luncheon speaker jokes, i...Mon, 01 Oct 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/05/28/303880/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/05/28/303880/index.htmMaybe it's a coincidence, but Washington is gorging on red meat. Carnivores have stormed the capital, and this city is nothing if not adaptive. From Smith & Wollensky to Nick & Stef's, from Angelo ...Mon, 28 May 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287221/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287221/index.htmFrom outside the Beltway, the nation's capital looks like a maze run by hobbits who speak a strange language and indulge in strange rituals. What's scary is how much power they have to help or hind...Fri, 01 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/29/280645/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/29/280645/index.htmYou've seen this drama before. An important trade vote in Congress. Huge mobilization efforts by business and labor. Desperate meetings in Capitol suites and the Oval Office. Late-hour agonizing by...Mon, 29 May 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/04/01/277559/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/04/01/277559/index.htmRobert H. Rines is no stranger to complex topics or to controversy. An MIT-trained physicist and inventor, he holds dozens of patents on advances in fields as diverse as radar and fish farming. A p...Sat, 01 Apr 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269954/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269954/index.htmLooking down on Washington (is there any other way?), the common view is that beneath the surface of benevolent democracy seethes a crass commercialism. A little campaign cash from your neighborhoo...Mon, 06 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269959/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/12/06/269959/index.htmIf ever there was a time when the gun lobby should be vanquished, it is now. This year alone, there have been Columbine (15 dead, 23 wounded), the Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth (eight dead,...Mon, 06 Dec 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267047/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/10/11/267047/index.htmSenator Ron Wyden of Oregon was feeling good. A few magazine articles had cited him as one of the most Internet-savvy members of Congress, praise he was certain would impress his 10-year-old daught...Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/07/252152/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/07/252152/index.htmThis has been a weird year for Washington legislation. Bills that should have been surefire failed, including ones designed to reduce teen smoking and improve the service of HMOs. Other measures th...Mon, 07 Dec 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250298/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1998/11/01/250298/index.htmIt's hard to imagine gentlemen denying a civil request from a polite older lady, but that's what kept happening to Esther Burns. The mother of five grown children, she lives with her husband near B...Sun, 01 Nov 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/26/249988/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/26/249988/index.htmNick Franklin isn't your typical executive. He earned his spurs not in marketing, manufacturing, or finance but in the rough-and-tumble of campaigns and elections. Prior to becoming a senior vice p...Mon, 26 Oct 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/05/11/242067/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/05/11/242067/index.htmThe Yinglings of suburban Washington, D.C., have a peculiar family tradition. For more than 40 years, at least one Yingling has made his living fretting about the Bank Holding Company Act, the 1956...Mon, 11 May 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/02/237221/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/02/237221/index.htmThree years ago--in other words, 20 years after he and Paul Allen founded the company--Bill Gates decided to open Microsoft's first lobbying office in Washington, D.C. The effort, to say the least,...Mon, 02 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234897/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234897/index.htmWashington, of course, is about power. And in our story on Washington's Power 25, bureau chief Jeffrey Birnbaum delivers the authoritative taxonomy on the lobbyists who earn their living pressing m...Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234927/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234927/index.htmNot long ago real-life lobbyists looked and acted like their caricatures: fat, cigar-smoking men who shoved hundred-dollar bills into the pockets of lawmakers. Nowadays a few people still fit that ...Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/05/12/226236/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/05/12/226236/index.htmMost leaders of lobby groups are as slick and silver-tongued as the politicians they try to influence. Not Horace B. Deets, head of the most feared lobby in Washington, the American Association of ...Mon, 12 May 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/31/224047/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/31/224047/index.htmWhen business leaders want to be heard in Congress, they have a special place in the House of Representatives--a conference room in the suite of Speaker Newt Gingrich. There, at 11 o'clock on most ...Mon, 31 Mar 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/11/218202/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/11/218202/index.htmBack in the 1970s, when state governments began taking over one of the Mob's favorite rackets--the numbers--and turning the game into state-run lotteries, cynics (and moralists) foresaw new frontie...Mon, 11 Nov 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/08/01/215477/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/08/01/215477/index.htmSome 51 years ago, while the public was preoccupied with winning World War II, Congress passed a seemingly benign law giving insurers one of the sweetest deals in U.S. financial history. Instead of...Thu, 01 Aug 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/11/01/207348/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/11/01/207348/index.htmYOU GOT THROUGH TO THE PRESIDENT. MORE THAN 1,000 MONEY readers so far have written us urging President Clinton to veto this Congress' misguided securities litigation reform, as this column propose...Wed, 01 Nov 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/02/06/201826/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/02/06/201826/index.htmWhen Dick Cheney kicked off his New Year by deciding not to make a run for the White House in 1996, business executives lost their favorite candidate for President. But corporate America has a muc...Mon, 06 Feb 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/09/78181/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/09/78181/index.htmDEMOCRATIC SENATOR John Breaux wanted to support Bill Clinton's economic plan. But when he went home to Louisiana, the streets were lined with angry protesters carrying placards that read BTU -- BR...Mon, 09 Aug 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/03/74410/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/03/74410/index.htmWHY IS THIS MAN smiling? Well, one reason is that taxes are going up and the federal budget deficit is going down. As the new head of the Business Roundtable, Union Pacific CEO Drew Lewis, 59, lobb...Mon, 03 Dec 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/10/01/84702/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1988/10/01/84702/index.htmIn a democracy, any group that claims to represent extraordinary numbers merits close scrutiny. By that standard, then, the American Association of Retired Persons deserves to be one of the most ca...Sat, 01 Oct 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/07/20/69283/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/07/20/69283/index.htmINFLUENCE PEDDLING has come a long way since the era when railroad barons bought Senators as if they were so much rolling stock. Lobbying, the attempt to sway lawmakers to the side of whatever spec...Mon, 20 Jul 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69055/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/05/25/69055/index.htmWHEN the U.S. government sold Conrail in March, records fell right and left. At a price of more than $1.6 billion, it was the largest initial public offering in U.S. history. With railroads, invest...Mon, 25 May 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68198/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68198/index.htmIF COMPANIES clipped by the new tax reform act were to follow the standard drill in responding to changes in the tax code, they would proceed as follows: First they would aim to get some redress in...Mon, 27 Oct 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/28/67465/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/28/67465/index.htmWARREN B. FRENCH JR., president of Shenandoah Telecommunications in Edinburg, Virginia, stared at his Wall Street Journal in perplexity. It was a week before Christmas 1984, and Shenandoah had just...Mon, 28 Apr 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/14/67384/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/04/14/67384/index.htmCHIEF EXECUTIVES on lobbying missions are almost as common as tourists on Capitol Hill. Effective ones are a lot rarer. Here is a list of the best of the bunch, based on interviews with dozens of l...Mon, 14 Apr 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/17/67136/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/17/67136/index.htmA young lobbying firm advises big corporate clients and top presidential hopefuls, too. INFLUENCE is the political currency of Washington, and the hottest marketer of connections to the powerful is...Mon, 17 Feb 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/20/67006/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/20/67006/index.htmAS LEGISLATORS wound up the first session of the 99th Congress, business lobbyists tallied wins and losses. Congress's preoccupation with tax reform and the deficit pushed much of business's agenda...Mon, 20 Jan 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66946/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/01/06/66946/index.htmBANK LOBBYISTS sometimes think that things haven't changed much in Washington since Andrew Jackson told a visiting delegation of bankers in 1832: ''You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to ...Mon, 06 Jan 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/19/66311/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/19/66311/index.htmPIONEERED years ago by a few groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, high- tech lobbying has really taken off. It starts with the tedious chore of polling an organization's members to set up a da...Mon, 19 Aug 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/05/66234/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/05/66234/index.htmTHE FEDERAL DEFICIT is suddenly back on center stage, and the White House and Congress are wrestling to bring forth what Washington hands are calling a ''meaningful'' budget to deal with it. Busine...Mon, 05 Aug 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/08/66108/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/08/66108/index.htmTHE ISSUE of product liability has been kicking around Congress for nearly a decade, but it has suddenly taken on new life -- and a new direction. Washington business lobbyists have favored a bill ...Mon, 08 Jul 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/66013/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/66013/index.htmWASHINGTON LOBBYISTS have been putting their heads together for months, * plotting ways to deal with the President's long-awaited tax reform plan, whatever it might have contained. Now all the pote...Mon, 24 Jun 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/10/65933/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/10/65933/index.htmWASHINGTON has become the permanent front in corporate America's takeover wars. As Unocal and Mesa Petroleum Chairman T. Boone Pickens Jr., CBS and TV entrepreneur Ted Turner, and other opposing fo...Mon, 10 Jun 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/15/65791/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/15/65791/index.htmTHE JAPAN LOBBY in Washington is running into closed doors these days. At least one legislator, Missouri's Republican Senator John Danforth, says he's heard enough from the Japanese and is shutting...Mon, 15 Apr 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65724/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65724/index.htmREPUBLICAN SENATOR Bob Packwood and ultraliberal Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum don't have much in common. But they share one dubious distinction. When a score of Washington's most influentia...Mon, 01 Apr 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65723/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/04/01/65723/index.htmTHE BUSINESS LOBBY'S ''No, never,'' on tax reform is turning into a ''Well, maybe.'' John M. Albertine, president of the American Business Conference, says, ''Overwhelming business support is not a...Mon, 01 Apr 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65582/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65582/index.htmWHEN CHARLOTTE RUSH went to work in 1974 as secretary to Gulf Oil Corp.'s vice president of governmental relations, he told her: ''If you work really hard, in ten years you can become an executive ...Mon, 18 Feb 1985 05:01:00 EST