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 bill, [...]
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
exactly he [...]
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 and his [...]
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 to change our [...]
Posted in Obama | Tagged campaign contributions, lobbyists, obama, PAC
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