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On Oct. 10, 2018, then-Rep. Larry Householder met with lobbyists representing a subsidiary of FirstEnergy in offices at 65 E. State Street that Householder shared with a 501(c)(4) dark money group. One of the lobbyists, Robert F. Klaffky, slid an envelope containing a check for $400,000... 
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Political conventions may be the Super Bowl of lobbying. And this year, no in-person conventions means the lobbyists are also staying home.
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Forty lobbyists with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than US$10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump's own ethics policy, according to a report.
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Jeff Miller helped open up the VA to private contractors. Now he’s out of office and lobbying for those businesses.
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Gas utilities and industry trade groups are fighting across the country to prohibit municipalities from taking steps to cut greenhouse gas pollution from buildings, efforts those utilities and groups view as an existential threat, NPR and the Washington Post report.
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Mitch McConnell is expected to unveil a $1tn stimulus package, as the US records more than 1,000 Covid deaths per day.Plus, why we have 100 days to save the planet...
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Brian Ballard has represented private prisons and foreign governments. Now he’s setting his sights on the pandemic response.
Occupy Hades's insight:
Take a moment to ask yourself this one question: 'Why is it that rich people and corporations are still cashing in on coronavirus relief, but all you got was one check for 1200 dollars?'
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The Trump International Hotel rolled out the red carpet last summer for the two coal companies that have done the most to curry favor with the owner of the Washington, D.C., luxury destination: President Trump.
Occupy Hades's insight:
While taxpayers like you are struggling to pay their inflated tax bills, Donald Trump is raking in the cash from the lobbyists and executives who stay at his hotel. However, he isn't required to disclose how much he earns and he continually refuses to show anyone his tax returns. It doesn't seem fair, does it? No, it doesn't.
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