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  • Hunt proved to be no Republican pushover 25 Nov 2009 06:34 GMT
    ... He had already become the most powerful lobbying force on Goat Hill. He had grown ... sat back and saved his money. Tort reform was a big issue and Hunt was ... in 100 years also became the second GOP governor of the century by winning reelection ...

  • EDITORIAL: Drug-price gouging ahead of reform [The Santa Fe New Mexican] 25 Nov 2009 07:12 GMT
    ... EDITORIAL: Drug-price gouging ahead of reform [The Santa Fe New Mexican] Santa Fe ... the American Association of Retired People, drug-company lobbyists have signed onto reform of some kind ... -- when a fed-up nation ran a Republican out of the White House in favor ...

  • Former state legislators call for ethics reform 25 Nov 2009 02:11 GMT
    ... Without the oversight of an independent ethics commission, ... decide whether it becomes law. Walker, a GOP representative from 1981-1988, said she accepted meals ... said she accepted meals and tickets from lobbyists during her time in office, "but I ...

  • Slivers of sunshine 25 Nov 2009 05:55 GMT
    ... is that Americans, tired of watching the Bush and now Obama administrations nurture the people ... Obama's term. The treatment of the health-care reform bill in the U.S. Senate last weekend ... way through Congress in spite of the lobbyists and desperate Republicans seeking to pluck Mr. ...

  • Have the Media 'Falsely Framed' ACORN? 25 Nov 2009 01:54 GMT
    ... ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Until recently, ACORN, the largest community ... of closed-door testimony by Karl Rove, former Bush senior advisor and deputy chief of staff, ... with the opinion entrepreneurs. For example, the Astroturf-lobbying group Employment Policies Institute (a front group ...

  • Chris Norby: A wonk of the Right 25 Nov 2009 06:30 GMT
    ... bragged on camera about alleged affairs with lobbyists during a committee hearing. While the rough-mannered ... was Linda Ackerman, wife of former Senate GOP leader Dick Ackerman and California committeewoman to ... state chair of Municipal Officials for Redevelopment Reform (MORR) and also wrote a book, “Redevelopment: ...

  • Legislators seek Blue Cross inquiry 25 Nov 2009 05:54 GMT
    ... Letter blasts lobbying against federal health care reform By Ray Gronberg gronberg@heraldsun.com; 419-6648 A trio ... group consisted of 19 Democrats and one Republican, state Sen. Stan Bingham of Davidson County. ...

  • Former Governor backs ethics initiative 25 Nov 2009 03:37 GMT
    ... and Democrat -- have endorsed the ethics reform initiative that has now come under heavy ... heavy fire from many sitting legislators and GOP politicos. Former Republican Gov. Olene Walker, flanked ... that do pass allow the relationships between lobbyists and legislators to continue." Walker's support for ...

  • White House, AARP Seek to Build on Senate Health Vote (Correct) 25 Nov 2009 02:54 GMT
    ... -- The Obama administration and two major lobbying groups are seeking to spur momentum for ... by opponents. “We know opponents of health-care reform won’t rest,” , said in a statement. ... an ad targeting Democratic senators from some Republican-leaning states, saying the lawmakers “sold out their ...

  • This is Viewpoints for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 25 Nov 2009 06:13 GMT
    ... what the naysayers, the medical and pharmaceutical lobbyists or the biased conservative cable news say about reforming health care, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 ... newspaper telling all of us how great Bush-Cheney was or what a great person and ...

  • As Congress green-lights health care debate, some physicians stand in opposition 25 Nov 2009 01:34 GMT
    ... nurses protest in support of health care reform, but against the bill that the Senate ... is so dominated by the influence of lobbyists that they are debating plans that are not going ... the health care bill drafted by House Democrats. Many physicians said that the they did ...

  • Budget Hawks Have a Buffet of Options With Health Bill 25 Nov 2009 03:51 GMT
    ... to have a firm position on health reform. All along, these centrist senators - of ... that apply to doctors and their powerful lobbyists. The commission's work would then be restricted to home ... cost-cutting. Others, like and many Blue Dog Democrats in the House, have seemed mainly interested ...

  • Economic Scene: Budget Hawks Have a Buffet of Options With Health Bill 25 Nov 2009 05:55 GMT
    ... to have a firm position on health reform. All along, these centrist senators - of ... that apply to doctors and their powerful lobbyists. The commission's work would then be restricted to home ... cost-cutting. Others, like and many Blue Dog Democrats in the House, have seemed mainly interested ...

  • Drug gouging won't be tolerated 25 Nov 2009 06:17 GMT
    ... needed for Congress to pass health care reform? Or is the price of that support ... of "Big Pharma" is that the industry's lobbyists had made a deal with the Obama administration and ... effective options were available. For certain House Democrats, the prescription price hike was more evidence ...

  • We Pay Them to Lie to Us 25 Nov 2009 06:55 GMT
    ... politician. President Obama insists that health care "reform" not "add a dime" to the budget ... great numbers. AARP is the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. Like the cut in doctor's pay, ... $37 trillion in the hole. Yet the Democrats proudly cite Medicare when they demand support ...


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