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Open letter of conditional surrender
Strike the Root by Carlton Hobbs 02/27/07 We surrender all our state officials, politicians, and bureaucrats who pushed for this war, who caused the massive slaughter of thousands or millions of innocent... ...
rudkla - 28. Feb, 17:40
Texas Governor Perry took Merck money before mandating cervical vaccine
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that it's just a coincidence that he and eight other lawmakers received donations of $5,000 each from Merck lobbyists just a few days before mandating the drug giant's HPV... ...
rudkla - 23. Feb, 09:05
Democracy for sale: Congress Finds Ways to Avoid Lobbyist Limits
In just the last two months, lawmakers invited lobbyists to help pay for a catalog of outings: lavish birthday parties in a lawmaker’s honor ($1,000 a lobbyist), martinis and margaritas at Washington restaurants... ...
rudkla - 11. Feb, 09:10
US Family-Oriented Job Policies Weak
The United States lags far behind virtually all wealthy countries with regard to family-oriented workplace policies such as maternity leave, paid sick days and support for breast-feeding, according to... ...
rudkla - 8. Feb, 13:51
Pfizer, Halliburton Grab Democrats as Hearings Loom
Pharmaceutical companies and Iraq war contractors, both heavy Republican contributors, are among the companies scrambling to hire lobbyists with Democratic ties as they prepare for congressional investigative... ...
rudkla - 1. Feb, 14:25
The road to Boondoggle is paved with good intentions
More good investigative research from BlackBoxVoting. Which progressive organizations are still today supporting DRE touch-screen (invisible ballot) voting machines due to their former use of donor funds... ...
rudkla - 1. Feb, 00:18
Lobbyists Find New Congress is Open for Business
http://www.commondreams.or g/headlines07/0122-04.htm ...
rudkla - 23. Jan, 10:08
Senate Republicans Trying Again to Kill Lobbying and Ethics Reform Bill
http://www.commondreams.or g/news2007/0118-10.htm -- ------ Senate passes Democrats’ ethics bill Huntington Herald-Dispatch 01/18/07 The Senate, responding to voter frustration with corruption and special... ...
rudkla - 20. Jan, 11:23
Democrats in Senate Fail to Block Bill on Ethics
After campaigning for months on a promise to tighten ethics rules, Senate Democratic leaders tried unsuccessfully Thursday to block a measure that would shine a light on the shadowy practice of earmarking... ...
rudkla - 18. Jan, 15:05
Hooked on Drug Money
Dean Baker writes: "It's payback time, as the lobbyists say in Washington. One of the key planks in the Democrats' election platform was changing the Medicare drug benefit by allowing Medicare to negotiate... ...
rudkla - 10. Jan, 22:26
