Lobbying

For years, Democrats have railed against anonymous campaign contributions as a uniquely corrupting political force — even as President Biden benefited from a record-shattering amount of "dark money" donations during the 2020 election. 

President Donald Trump, in one of his final acts of office, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, which included a five-year ban on lobbying their former agencies.

Biden’s chief of staff pick, Ronald Klain, and Steve Ricchetti, his campaign chair who was named counselor to the president on Tuesday, both did time in the lobbying industry.

Elected leaders from around Florida have joined together and challenged strict penalties set forth by the state that punish local officials for enacting their own firearm regulations.

Mattis goes from "Mad Dog" to swamp lobbyist.

Mattis is planning to cash in on his government service by joining the Cohen Group to lobby in a massive fall from grace.

Steve discusses Jeff Bezos' pull and influence with lawmakers, and highlights the advantages that big tech uses to get their way.

Progressive advocacy group MoveOn.org is urging 2020 presidential candidates to skip a pro-Israel lobby group’s conference in Washington next week.

Democrats are totally fine with special interest bribing members of congress.

The fundraising arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus doled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for luxury hotels, nightclubs and tickets to Las Vegas events during the 2018 election cycle, filings to the Federal Election Commission show.