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By Erich Vieth on November 03rd, 2009
The problem with lobbyists
Jeffrey Sachs talks about the problem with lobbyists:
Lobbyists for powerful corporations are crawling over every piece of pending legislation- from health care, to banking regulation, to climate change — keeping a chokehold on deep reforms. Jankowsky says that lobbying is transparent. . . . Special interests have already spent $2.5 billion dollars this year on 13,000 lobbyists like Mr. Jankowsky and his colleagues at the firm Akin Gump, with many contributing their expertise to gutting financial oversight of Wall Street, delaying control of greenhouse gas emissions, and preventing real controls on health insurance costs.
- Bravo, NPR, for keeping an eye on the lobbyists
- Republican Dan Burton votes to allow lobbyists to give elected officials gifts, vacations and fancy meals.
- An army of 50,000 highly motivated citizens condemning health care reform
- Robert Reich explains the “public option” re health insurance reform.
- More GOP Astroturf?
