K Street in DC reopens after tree blocked traffic

K Street in downtown Washington, D.C., has reopened after a large tree fell and blocked the road.

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Money ruling a remarkable woman's legacy

He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting — a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow.

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In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen announced that the administration no longer wanted federally-registered lobbyists appointed to agency advisory boards a …

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A Washington lobbying campaign to keep ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya out of power may have come up short.

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Republicans and Democrats slammed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) for calling Linda Robertson, an adviser to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, a "K Street whore" in a month-old radio interview that circulated on Capitol Hill Monday night.

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A tide of anger and dismay is rippling down K Street as the Obama administration implements a new policy limiting the roles of lobbyists on federal advisory committees.

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Just imagine the types of pro-people policies that could become political reality if professional lobbyists were limited in their influence! The system might come to resemble democracy!

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Table 26 -- like a display case, smack-dab in the elevated, look-at-me center of the room -- is the domain of Tom Daschle. Can't miss him. (And yes, Mr.

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The White House never cared about getting Republican votes -- it cared about keeping the Republicans from peeling off the dollars of stakeholders like PhRMA.

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If you haven't been keeping tabs on clean coal's latest swindle, this should make you shudder. Not only is clean coal the epitome of an oxymoron, the picture it paints of its represented industry is downright false. Show me one active commercial scale clean coal plant.

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After two weeks of wrangling over the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) during the congressional recess, both business and labor groups are claiming victory before the return of Congress this week.

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Citizens prohibited from e-mail to the Congress by code of standards and ethical conduct governing the House

The codes of standards and ethical conduct that govern the United States' House of Representatives require that people who sign up for email communication with Congressman are residents of the Congressional District.

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"Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, 'Why no sir, I don't want the president to fail,' is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism," Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by 1,200 people.

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These days, to hear Republicans tell it, the conservative movement's intellectual and strategic thunderbolts seem to be emanating, instead, from an undistinguished box of a building on K Street, amid the city's famed corridor of lobbyists.

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While millions descend on Washington for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, some Republicans see it as an occasion to get out of town.

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District of Columbia police say they have arrested a Secret Service officer during a prostitution sting.

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A Barack Obama presidency and stronger Democratic majorities on Capitol Hill signal a power shift beyond the White House and Congress.

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Rising gas prices have provided steady employment on K Street, even if the spike has made it more expensive to fill up the SUVs lobbyists seem to favor.

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Just imagine it.

Hillary has 63 big K Street lobbyists backing her. Obama has 18 John Edwards has none.

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Three weeks after unexpectedly bolting from the Senate, Trent Lott has decided to go into business as a lobbyist. The former Mississippi senator is opening a firm with former Sen. John Breaux (D-LA), The Breaux Lott group.

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A powerhouse Republican lobbying firm with close ties to the White House has begun a public campaign to undermine the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, CNN has confirmed.

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Linda Chavez rose to prominence in the 1980s as a tart-tongued Reagan administration official and candidate for the Senate, eventually becoming a well-known Latina voice on social issues and President Bush's choice to lead the Labor Department.

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Many of the Democrats are claiming the populist mantle in the primary race, but Obama trumpets his work in the Illinois Senate passing ethics reform and touts the fact that his campaign doesn't accept contributions from lobbyists or political action committees.

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Obama is turning focus to his independence from PACs and federal lobbyists. The article mentions HRC but not how much she gets from PACs and lobbyists in $$. USINPAC has raised $3 million for HRC; it's primary goal is to import more tech workers and outsource tech jobs to India.

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Away from the bright lights and high-minded rhetoric of the campaign trail, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has quietly worked with corporate lobbyists to help pass breaks worth $12 million.

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Democrats rode their populist, anti-corruption platform to victory in 2006.

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In the concrete canyon of the business lobby, a pocket of liberal activists settles in

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