Tag: Lobbying
How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle against mini [...]
Binance joins lobbying group as criticism of the exchange ramps up
Binance has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a United States crypto industry lobbying group, according to a Dec. 20 press release from the exch [...]
Earl of Shrewsbury faces suspension from Lords over lobbying claims
The Earl of Shrewsbury is one of two peers found to have broken the rules by a Lords committee.
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Despite Trump’s Lobbying, McCarthy’s Speaker Bid Remains Imperiled on the Right
Representative Kevin McCarthy is dealing with a group of right-wing detractors who appear impervious to negotiation, and who have yet to be moved even [...]
Owen Paterson takes UK government to European court over lobbying probe
Owen Paterson, who was forced to quit as an MP after a lobbying probe, claims his right to privacy was infringed.
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Liz Truss's top aide Mark Fullbrook paid by his own lobbying firm
Opposition parties demand investigation into possible conflicts of interest over "shocking" arrangement.
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How Private Equity Lobbying Watered Down the Corporate Minimum Tax
WASHINGTON — An hour after Democrats released the text of their climate and tax legislation, Washington lobbyists for the private equity industry spra [...]
Giuliani Is Unlikely to Face Criminal Charges in Lobbying Inquiry
As Rudolph W. Giuliani comes under intensifying scrutiny for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, another legal threat is quietly fading [...]
Inside Ukraine’s lobbying blitz in Washington
At a white-tablecloth dinner on the second floor of an Italian bistro in Dupont Circle, two Ukrainian fighter pilots took a break from the battlefi [...]
Brookings Puts Retired Gen. John Allen on Leave Amid Lobbying Inquiry
WASHINGTON — John R. Allen, the retired four-star general who once commanded American troops in Afghanistan, has been placed on administrative leave a [...]
Brookings Institution Puts President on Leave Amid Lobbying Inquiry
WASHINGTON — John R. Allen, the retired four-star general who once commanded American troops in Afghanistan, has been placed on administrative leave a [...]
Retired General Investigated Over Undisclosed Lobbying for Qatar
WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors have obtained records indicating that John R. Allen, the retired four-star Marine general who commanded all American [...]
Computer scientists and academics pursue efforts to stop crypto lobbying in US
Anti-crypto technology experts urged United States lawmakers to resist the influence of pro-crypto lobbying efforts. Bruce Schneier, a lecturer at Har [...]
New MPs' code of conduct to tighten lobbying rules
But the proposals from the Commons standards committee do not go as far as banning second jobs.
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Prosecutors Add Details to Foreign Lobbying Charges Against Trump Ally
“They loved it so much! This is great,” responded an Emirati intermediary, Rashid al-Malik, who was indicted along with Mr. Barrack but has remained o [...]