INFOGRAPHIC: Fattening Kids And Lobbyist Wallets
Child health advocates are losing the war over school lunches and that’s because they face exceptionally strong adversaries: the food and beverage industry. While it’s pretty obvious that more vegetables and less sugar at lunch would be a good start to healthier kids, we’ve recently seen Congress declare pizza a vegetable and kill a plan
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U.S. Senator Turned Corporate Lobbyist Complains: K Street Is “Over-Regulated”
Recently, former Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) sat down to talk about issues of the day with other politicians from Washington State. Asked by an audience member about the role of lobbyists, Gorton reminded the crowd that he is a lobbyist, and went on to complain that lobbyists are too “over-regulated.” He argued that disclosure requirements
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New Facts About Mitt Romney’s Favorite College: It’s The 3rd Most Expensive College in America, And It Gives Politicians, Especially Romney, About The Most Money
When reporters in Iowa asked Mitt Romney last fall what he planned to do about higher education in America, he praised by name Florida’s Full Sail University and the University of Phoenix, and for-profit colleges in general, which he said used innovative strategies to “hold down the cost of their education.” Romney said, “You are going to
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Johnson & Johnson Becomes The Nineteenth Group To Leave ALEC
This afternoon, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson announced that it will be leaving the corporate front group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): “We have been in dialogue with ALEC for some time, and while we acknowledge ALEC’s recent decision to focus only on innovation and growth-supporting policies, we have decided to suspend our participation
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Chamber Of Commerce Harms Veterans With Its Support For Predatory Colleges
Last April, the Los Angeles Times reported that the “unemployment rate for veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq is 10.3%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For veterans age 24 and under, the rate is 29.1%, or 12 points higher than for civilians the same age. That compares with 8.2% unemployment nationally, and 7.5% for
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Exclusive: Corporate Front That Funnels Cash For Attack Ads Lists A Corporation As A Board Member
Republic Report will run a series of stories this summer on shadowy front groups seeking to influence elections with big money. Earlier, we revealed that a mysterious group called “New Models U.S.A.” received major funding from a lobbying association for CEO’s, while funneling undisclosed cash into ballot initiatives in Ohio, supporting Republican Super PACs active
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American Crossroads Leader Helped Lead Wall Street Lobbying For The Bank Bailouts, Now Falsely Assails Democrats Over Vote
One of the biggest Super PACs this election cycle, American Crossroads (along with its sister group, Crossroads GPS), is airing ads across the country assailing Democrats for “bailing out the same banks that caused the financial meltdown.” The group has launched bank-bailout themed ads against Elizabeth Warren, who in fact has been harshly critical of
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California Democrat Buys Himself A Weak Opponent
You’d expect most candidates for Congress to spend resources either building themselves up or tearing down their opponents. But that’s not the case for Juan Vargas, who wants to represent California’s 51s district. As U-T San Diego reports: Democratic state Sen. Juan Vargas used some of the $630,000 he spent running for Congress in the
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