Lobbying News

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.

Quebec�s lobbying commissioner is looking into whether a meeting between Power Corp. of Canada president André Desmarais and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec CEO Michael Sabia last summer constituted lobbying.

After reading my piece on K Street today, an 84-year-old woman called to share her memories of living at a boarding house at 1929 K St. NW in the 1940s. “Everybody had front yards with iron fences,” says Georgia Bentley, who now lives in Rockville. “Young people sat on front balconies. We danced in the street. We had a marvelous time.” Read full article >>

Jack Abramoff says lobbying rules need serious reform.

In reply to Gas Drillers Bring In The Heavy Hitters : These lobbying firms are obviously just bagmen for the true donors who seek anonimity. Is this a weakness of electoral laws in NSW , or is this a federal problem too? If anyone out there is acquainted with political donation laws I�d appreciate a rundown. Calliste? (okay, I�m lazy…)

Defense contractors Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Raytheon spent a combined $33.4 million on lobbying in Washington last year, a 10 percent increase from 2010, as Congress and the Obama administration weighed cuts in the Pentagon budget. Read full article >>

SAN FRANCISCO�Google's U.S. lobbying bill more than tripled to $3.76 million in the fourth quarter as the Internet search leader fought proposed changes to online piracy laws and sought to influence a wide range of other issues that could affect its fortunes.

The official in charge of drawing up plans to regulate lobbying met industry officials four times in the run up to the publication of the Government's controversial consultation paper but refused to meet campaigners calling for reform once, it emerged yesterday.

A prominent Washington lobbying and public affairs firm has withdrawn a claim seeking more than $80,000 in unpaid fees for its work on behalf of bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC. The Glover Park Group withdrew the claim Friday after The Washington Times inquired about the filing. The firm had …

In capital shorthand, “K Street” stands in for “lobbying” or ” influence-peddling ” or “everything that is wrong with politics today.” Maybe it shouldn�t. Last year, lobbying activity dipped for the first time in over a decade. The number of registered lobbyists also dropped, and only one of the 20 top-earning lobbying firms in Washington even has a K Street address. Read full article >>