By PUMA Pundit on February 12, 2009
Simply amazing… USNW We’re receiving E-mails from Capitol Hill staffers expressing frustration that they can’t get a copy of the stimulus bill agreed to last night at a price of $789 billion. What’s more, staffers are complaining about who does have a copy: K Street lobbyists. E-mails one key Democratic staffer: “K Street has the [...]
Posted in Capitol Hill | Tagged democrats, k street, lobbyists |
By PUMA Pundit on January 28, 2009
I am surprised that the MSM is surprised at discovering that Obama is a hypocrite. If they had actually engaged in real journalism during the campaign, none of this would come as a shock to them, but they didn’t, and now they cry wolf… CNN Unfortunately, we are again asking the president to explain why [...]
Posted in White House | Tagged barack obama, goldman sachs, lobbyists, mark patterson, tim geithner, Treasury Department |
By PUMA Pundit on January 20, 2009
So are lobbyists in or out? Depends on whom you choose to believe. Here is President Obama in his inaugural address: But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests has surely passed. But guess what our esteemed Senate Majority Leader’s position is on that issue: ABC Reid invited top lobbyists to join him [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged barack obama, Harry Reid, lobbyists |
By PUMA Pundit on September 22, 2008
Well, well, well, here’s an expose on how Obama’s much-touted ban on campaign contributions from lobbyists has really worked. Courtesy of Portfolio, a few excerpts: First let’s start with what Barack Obama himself says: “So one of the things that we’ve got to do is not just change the health-care system, but we’ve also got [...]
Posted in Obama | Tagged campaign contributions, lobbyists, obama, PAC |