Read more lobbying stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7789/lobbying.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:06:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74059/big-pharma-lobbyists-put-words-into-reps-mouths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYep, that's an echo you hear in the House chamber. The New York Times has obtained emails showing that language drafted by lobbyists working for biotech giant Genentech made it almost unchanged into statements and speeches made on health care—by Democrats and Republicans alike. A Genentech lawyer told staffers,...http://www.newser.com/story/74059/big-pharma-lobbyists-put-words-into-reps-mouths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 8:37:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72942/lieberman-bayh-wives-in-bed-with-health-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe threats from Sens. Joe Lieberman and Evan Bayh to help filibuster any health reform bill with a public option should come as no surprise to anybody familiar with their family finances, writes Joe Conason. Lieberman's wife Hadassah spent 30 years working in the corporate health sector for pharmaceutical firms...http://www.newser.com/story/72942/lieberman-bayh-wives-in-bed-with-health-biz.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 9:38:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72571/how-insurers-got-their-way-with-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThough the final bill is still being hammered out, health reform appears to have given the insurance industry most of its wishes. Everyone will be required to buy insurance, there won’t be any limits on premiums, and any public option will likely be weak. They pulled off these anticipated victories...http://www.newser.com/story/72571/how-insurers-got-their-way-with-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:00 CDThttp://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/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/71064/apple-quits-us-chamber-slams-climate-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple has joined a growing list of companies to ditch the US Chamber of Commerce over its skeptical view of climate change. “We strongly object to the Chamber’s recent comments” calling for a “Scopes Monkey Trial for the 21st century” to expose climate change fallacies, says a company statement. Big...http://www.newser.com/story/71064/apple-quits-us-chamber-slams-climate-stance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 11:31:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSen. John Ensign says his affair with an aide was a strictly personal matter but he may have trampled on ethics rules and federal criminal law during his efforts at damage control, according to the New York Times . Ensign helped his mistress' husband, Doug Hampton—another senior aide— join a...http://www.newser.com/story/70783/ensign-may-have-busted-ethics-rules-after-affair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:27:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70484/obamas-olympic-lobbying-trip-is-useless-gamble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAside from showing love for his adopted hometown, President Obama’s decision to go to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics is drawing a chorus of boos from the punditocracy as a gamble that could be embarrassing at best—what if, say, Brazil gets the...http://www.newser.com/story/70484/obamas-olympic-lobbying-trip-is-useless-gamble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 19:40:17 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 CDT