By
Bennett Roth
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Rep. Bobby Rush toured Exelon Corp.’s Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois on Friday.
In Japan, the public is fleeing the sites of the damaged nuclear power plants. But in the United States, energy companies such as Exelon Corp. are urging lawmakers on break this week to pay a visit to their local nuclear power plant.
By
Christina Bellantoni
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By
Bennett Roth
In past years, the annual Washington fundraiser for Wisconsin Republicans had largely gone unnoticed. But the event slated for this evening at the BGR Group lobbying and public relations firm has been thrust into the national spotlight as ideological groups and political parties seek the advantage in the tempest over labor rights in Wisconsin.
By
Kate Ackley
Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) might be retiring from Congress, but so far they aren’t taking a break from fundraising.
By
Kate Ackley, Bennett Roth
After spending nearly three decades as a Congressional aide, Rusty Roberts is making the jump to K Street. On Friday, he left his job as chief of staff to Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), and today he starts a new gig as managing director of the transportation practice at BGR Government Affairs.
By
Bennett Roth
Last year, when public broadcasters scheduled their 2011 annual lobbying day in Washington, D.C., they anticipated the usual debate over federal funding for public television and radio. They did not expect a firestorm.
By
Kate Ackley
Heritage Action for America, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s advocacy spinoff that started last year, let lawmakers know Thursday that the group officially will track how Members vote.
By
Kate Ackley
Former Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) has landed a new gig in the private sector. The former Armed Services chairman is joining the Kansas City law and lobbying firm Husch Blackwell on Tuesday.
By
Kate Ackley
A collection of companies that rely on global positioning technology have banded together to opppose efforts by a broadband firm to use airwaves that they say could interfere with GPS devices. And both sides have snapped up high-priced lobbyists to make their cases.
By
Bennett Roth
The cable giant Comcast, which recently acquired NBC Universal, said Wednesday it has tapped Kyle McSlarrow, the current chief of the leading cable trade association and a former GOP staffer, to head its D.C. office and oversee other national efforts.
By
Kate Ackley
A coalition of civil rights activists, Muslim groups and other organizations launched a high-tech grass-roots and social media campaign Tuesday in the hopes of canceling an upcoming Congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization.
