blogs.abcnews.com - 1/13/2009
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President-elect Barack Obama today put forth his second nomination of an individual whose immediate past experience as a lobbyist seems to run in direct contradiction with Mr. Obama's rhetoric on the campaign trail against the "revolving door" of lobbyists working...
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Remainders: Secretary of State
Ben Smith's Blog —
Thrush was all over the confirmation hearing.
Here's a policy float to keep an eye on: a "defense stimulus."
Obama picks law school pal Julius Genachowski to run the FCC.
Gawker is amused by Obama's college journalism.
Steven Chu backs away from his earlier suggestions that the U.S. raise gas prices.
Obama nominates an anti-smoking lobbyist, despite anti-lobbyist campaign rhetoric.
John Berry will be the highest-ranking openly gay public official.
The Tennessee ...
Some lobbyists actually are more equal than others
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
The press is having some heartburn over Obama's appointment of William Corr as Deputy Secretary of HHS. Corr worked until a few months ago for the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, lobbying Congress to get tobacco away from kids. Per the media, that makes him a "lobbyist," and Obama promised not enable the Washington "revolving door" of lobbyists, industry and government. ...
Obama Administration Announces 'New Openness' to Closed Pool of Reporters
Weekly Standard Blog —
... His Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services William Corr lobbied on health issues before he got the slot in the Obama administration: ...
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Daschle's Problems: When Is a Lobbyist Not a Lobbyist?
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Obama pushes Senate Democrats on stimulus, bailout —
Reuters: Politics 1/13/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama huddled with his fellow Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, trying to build support for upcoming votes on economic stimulus legislation and releasing $350 billion in unspent Wall Street bailout ...
Congress set to vote on children's health bill —
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