THE INFLUENCE GAME: Abortion rights' scramble

Abortion rights groups, outflanked and outnumbered in the health debate, are scrambling to regain lost ground after the House passed a health bill with strict abortion limits.

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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill

The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.

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Pharma to Democrats: We're here to help

After years of bitter disagreement with Democrats, the pharmaceutical industry's top lobbyist said Wednesday he is ready to work with the party as it assumes power to expand health care coverage.

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Sheraton hotel lobbies to appear in Central Park

Frits van Paasschen, president and chief executive of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., wants New Yorkers to go to work in Central Park on Monday.

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Israel lobby critics face campus queries in Israel

Two American professors on their first visit to Israel since the publication of their book critical of the powerful pro-Israel lobby in Washington faced a sometimes-testy reception at one of the nation's most prestigious universities.

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...your Money mostly, but it also sucks the life out of just about every demographic group it purports to help or rather "treat".

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While US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Islamabad highlighted the often bumpy relationship between the United States and Pakistan, the BBC's Diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus reports on the struggle between the Indian and Pakistani lobbies for influence in …

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The Hill reports that several major federal agencies are poised to fully ban lobbyists from serving.

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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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How Powerful is the "Israel Lobby"?

Much ink has been spilled on the Vine over the "Israel Lobby". Many posters decry this loose collection of pro-Israel groups because they are perceived as too powerful and influencing U.S. foreign policy to the detriment of what the majority of Americans want.

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Four New Jersey politicians put "highly unusual" pressure on the U.S.

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In a highly embarrassing mea culpa, Florida's powerful trial lawyer lobby admitted Wednesday that it was behind an ugly race-baiting flier in a recent North Florida Senate election.

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United States Vice President Joseph Biden announces today the Barack Obama White House has released a new HEALTH REFORM CALCULATOR so that Americans with current employment related insurance coverage, can SEE HOW THEY MIGHT PERSONALLY BENEFIT from Health Coverage Reform, as propo …

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For America's No. 1 taxpayer watchdog, as Citizens Against Government Waste calls itself, the jet engines seem easy prey.

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Jewish congressional members and lobbying groups are protesting President Obama's decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Irish leader Mary Robinson, who they say has a long record of harshly criticizing Israel.

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The pharmaceutical industry, once condemned by the president as a source of healthcare problems, has become a White House partner.

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In the past six years, nearly one-fourth of every dime raised by Baucus, D-Mont., and his political-action committee has come from groups and individuals associated with drug companies, insurers, hospitals, medical-supply firms, health-service companies and other health professio …

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Even NBC Media is in the tank with Insurance Lobby!!!

I am Tired of hearing about how 1 Trillion Dollars over 10 years is too much money.

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The industry that helped scuttle health reform 15 years ago with its "Harry and Louise" ads is back, voicing its support for a central element of the Obama administration's plans: making sure everyone is covered.

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So, have you ever wondered who, or what, drives the law making process in the legislative branch? Read this article and you should get a pretty good understanding of the answer.

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"The closed, tightly controlled, and inflexible structure of DSM-V has so far prevented it from learning and improving.

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A report in Pakistan's largest selling newspaper The News International by well-known journalist Shaheen Sehbai raises the curtain on the lobbyists at the Capitol Hill that are being paid millions of dollars from Pakistan taxpayers monies.

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The nine biggest participants in the derivatives market — including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bank of America — created a lobbying organization, the CDS Dealers Consortium, on Nov. 13, a month after five of its members accepted federal bailout money.

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The Prison System: Not Really A Drain On State Economies

"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."~Voltaire Why do we believe the court system become an infallible judge of wrong doing?

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"And the banks - hard to believe in a time when we're facing a banking crisis that many of the banks created - are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place." - Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin

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"While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is refusing to explicitly endorse a two-state solution to resolve the Palestinian conflict, participants at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference will this week be urging their elected representatives to press Pres …

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The Obama Justice Department moved Friday to drop all charges against two former pro-Israel lobbyists who had been charged under the Espionage Act with improperly disseminating sensitive information.

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Fifty of the nation's largest electric utilities amped up spending on lobbyists by 30% late last year to influence the debate in Congress just underway on one of the biggest issues facing lawmakers: climate change.

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Here is a bi-partisan scandal worth delving into. It involves the DOJ, the Fourth Estate, the House of Representatives, the uber powerful lobby AIPAC, wiretapping Americans, and possibly the outcome of the 2004 Presidential election.

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Chas Freeman's resignation is the first skirmish in what will be a long war between the Obama administration and the Israel lobby

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