By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The March 2 Open Secrets blog contains a report co-authored by Dave Levinthal and Craig Gurian. The report is titled, “New Study: More Than 130 Top Congressional Staffers Are Former Lobbyists.” Wow! So what do we do now? Get the kids in off the street? Take cover in a [...]
Lobbyists, Lobbyists Everywhere!
April 4th, 2011 · No Comments
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Jo Ann Emerson Banks Money from Radical Unions
May 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’ve developed a keen interest in a certain seven-term incumbent Republican RINO Republican congresswoman during the past four weeks. Elected to serve the people of Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, her name is Jo Ann Emerson and, during the past four election cycles, she has accepted campaign contributions from some very radical unions. During her last-three [...]
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Surprise! NFL Players Union Chief Gave to Obama
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Were you surprised to hear that DeMaurice Smith, National Football League players union chief, surfaced this week as a loud-mouth Rush Limbaugh detractor opposed to the possibility of the conservative radio talk show host/legend owning a partial interest in buying the St. Louis Rams? You shouldn’t have been. After all, records at OpenSecrets.org show that [...]
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Obama Tops List of Bought-and-Paid-For Politicians
September 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Who received the most money from Wall Street executives (i.e., the folks Barack Obama referred to in a recent speech as the ones “who got us into this mess”)? According to one report, Obama tops the list of politicians who’ve been bought and paid for by the same folks responsible for the recent collapse of [...]
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