The founders of Rokk Solutions, a new political consulting firm that serves corporate trade associations and other lobbying ventures, offer their clients a unique value proposition.
Though the American Security Initiative does not reveal donor information, the president of the new group, former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., is a registered lobbyist for Saudi Arabia.
Much maligned for criminalizing homosexuality, the Ugandan government has turned for help to Vin Weber, a well-connected lobbyist who is advising Bush’s presidential campaign.
The Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE, was once a great civil rights organization. Then came Roy Innis.
In a recent conference call with financial analysts, LRAD executives said sales were rolling in, not just from Chinese government agencies and the U.S. military, but also from American law enforcement.
It was a pretty good deal for defense contractors.
When so much of the big money comes from white donors, how likely are candidates to prioritize the needs of people of color?
Just five days after launching attacks against Kurdish militias, the Turkish government inked a contract to hire a team of prominent lobbyists to add to its already formidable army of influence-peddlers in Washington.
Two House Republicans who joined the attempted ouster of Speaker John Boehner last week say their main issue is how much he caters to moneyed interests.
Trump was illustrating the key problem with the current campaign finance system: It has essentially legalized bribery.
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