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See @advocacyguru's 7/2 interview on @CSPANVL "Special Interest Lobbying in Washington" cs.pn/M88fpW
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Durbin Says For-Profit Colleges "Own Every Lobbyist" In D.C. huff.to/LTK76t via @HuffPostBiz
RT @abettel: Lobbyists have 16 days before politics totally swamps the legislative agenda. roll.cl/LJ6wmq @kackleyZ
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Drone makers and their friends in Washington: Unmanned Systems Caucus draws in lobbying bucks. bit.ly/Ps7s4k
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Jimmie Williams: former #Countrywide lobbyist who referred Members of Congress & staff to VIP mortgage program REPORT: 1.usa.gov/Pgp8jy
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Feds order online posting of political ad info next month snlg.ht/LMHzc8 #opengov
With loss of power not just a metaphor in D.C. ... I look at how much political power the utilities have. huff.to/M2mp8i
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) severs ties w/ his leadership PAC so it can become a #superPAC bit.ly/OVPXYN #source2012 h/t @RachaelMarcus
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Awesome!! RT @ascheink: We're opening up access to years of polling data through @huffpostpol's first data API huff.to/KWtVns
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Winners & losers of healthcare reform: lawyers & lobbyists win, insurers & small nursing homes lose wapo.st/LPRCis
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changes on the horizon for political intelligence services used by investment firms? bit.ly/No7kvk $$
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Numbers to consider: $1.06b was spent on health care lobbying while $262m was spent on health care advertising huff.to/LTqDz2
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During '09-'10, the health care sector donated $97M to Congress and spent $589.6M on lobbying: bit.ly/LDo6e3 #SCOTUS #hcr
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Step Up Your Networking Game with the Young Lobbyists Network #lobbying #networking conta.cc/MWYDbt
In support of legislative transparency goo.gl/PpYpW
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Romney's top VP picks have lobbying ties, Rubio, Portman, Thune, Ryan | WashingtonExaminer.com: bit.ly/MUCmie
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How Congressional Veep Possibilities And K Street Are Linked njour.nl/MTj7p8
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State AGs jump into boiling #privacy pot with new yearlong initiative "Privacy in the Digital Age." ZDNet zd.net/MyTUOn
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State AGs affix target to online privacy issues zd.net/MyTUOm
RT @NC_HC: A great @rollcall article by @kackleyZ on the #SCOTUS waiting game! ht.ly/bPL7l @LarryMcNeely1 #hcr #ACA #health