Read more lobbyists stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/12257/lobbyists.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:20:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73382/soda-tax-threat-a-boon-for-food-lobbyists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapitol Hill’s flirtation with a national excise tax on sugary drinks has been good for someone: food lobbyists. Soda makers, supermarkets, and fast-food restaurants have spent more than $24 million fighting the tax, the Huffington Post reports. “We are reacting to the situation we find ourselves in," says an exec...http://www.newser.com/story/73382/soda-tax-threat-a-boon-for-food-lobbyists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 12:25:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72331/drug-makers-big-spending-pays-off-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrugmakers could get quite a gift from the health care reform bill. Senate and House amendments passed this summer give the makers of biologics—next-generation wonder drugs derived from living matter—12 years of exclusivity on their hyperexpensive products. That’s 7 more years than normal drugs get, and critics say...http://www.newser.com/story/72331/drug-makers-big-spending-pays-off-on-hill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 12:33:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72014/obama-tries-to-hobble-chamber-of-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is deliberately freezing out a US Chamber of Commerce seemingly chilly to its entire agenda. White House officials have pointedly ignored the Chamber, speaking instead directly with the CEOs of its member companies. “We prefer the approach where the actual people who are on the front lines...http://www.newser.com/story/72014/obama-tries-to-hobble-chamber-of-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 8:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAides to President Obama and Max Baucus met with a variety of lobbyists for corporate health care companies on April 15, to help form two industry coalitions and launch a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, Politico has learned. Though both sides insist no quid pro quo was laid out, some participants say...http://www.newser.com/story/71879/dems-helped-shape-health-industry-ad-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 11:19:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times , who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health...http://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 6:50:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69883/pols-turned-lobbyists-use-campaign-cash-to-curry-favor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen congressmen leave Capitol Hill for lobbying jobs, they take their unused campaign funds with them, then dole them out to other lawmakers to influence policy, USA Today reports. Such donations are legal—federal law permits ex-congressmen to keep campaign accounts active, donating the money to candidates, parties, and charities—...http://www.newser.com/story/69883/pols-turned-lobbyists-use-campaign-cash-to-curry-favor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 9:21:10 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69021/calif-pol-quits-after-boast-of-spanking-sex-with-lobbyist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome lobbyists will apparently do anything for work. A California assemblyman and family-values crusader has quit after boasting about spanking sex with a utility company lobbyist and "hot" sex with another. He went into graphic detail over a broadcast mike he didn't realize was live, reports the Los Angeles Times...http://www.newser.com/story/69021/calif-pol-quits-after-boast-of-spanking-sex-with-lobbyist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 2:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68205/industry-ponies-up-for-climate-change-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the oil and coal lobbies came to Athens, Ohio, they held rallies full of screaming supporters, sponsored free lunches and free concerts, and gave away T-shirts praising coal power. When the environmentalists came to Athens, they held a sedate panel discussion and handed out stickers. Environmentalists seem ill-equipped for...http://www.newser.com/story/68205/industry-ponies-up-for-climate-change-fight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 9:05:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67592/health-care-reform-holds-bonanza-for-insurers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRegardless of how health-care reform eventually shakes out, one industry will likely reap a windfall: health insurance companies, reports the Los Angeles Times . All the leading overhaul proposals would require all citizens to have health insurance, which would guarantee tens of millions of new customers. "It's a bonanza," said a...http://www.newser.com/story/67592/health-care-reform-holds-bonanza-for-insurers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 4:24:07 CDT