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2012-2013 Congressional Travel

WHO IS THE most well-traveled member of Congress?  That depends.  If the term is used strictly in a congressional sense, in that only trips subsidized by the taxpayer count, and furthermore only trips that occurred in the last year, then Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.) earns the superlative.  According to HT Politics’ new “Data Mine,” Dreier went [...]

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Attending your meeting just became very difficult for federal employees...maybe
05-08-2012

ASAE says amendments curtail opportunities for fed employees by limiting the number of times an agency can send someone to a private sector meeting

After government agency controversy, association sees importance of promoting meetings
05-08-2012

U.S. Travel Association is not allowing the GSA kerfuffle to stop its campaign to promote meetings to federal lawmakers and the public, which includes a bus tour across the country. Here the bus stops in Chicago in time for the HSMAI Meet Mid-America event.
 

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2010 Cycle "Most Negative"
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2.8 million ads ran in the midterm campaign cycle, amassing over $1.4 billion in spending between January and November 2010; 87.2% of ads run by independent expenditure groups were negative in tone.

Abramoff associate sentenced
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Michael Scanlon is the latest Abramoff associate sentenced for his role in the corruption scheme.

American League of Lobbyists reacts to State of the Union address
01-31-2011

ALL president Howard Marlowe decries the president's remarks as "inflammatory" in one of his first acts as president of the organization.

Boeing "clear winner" of Defense Contract
02-28-2011

  Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said that “Boeing was the clear winner” in a competition for a the right to build refueling tankers for the U.S. Air Force.  Boeing, which overspent EADS by over $8 million in lobbying dollars since 2008 (including $5 million spent since January), beat out top competitor EADS for the highly coveted contract in the culmination of a nearly-decade-long competition.

Business lobby thrilled with new appointee
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DeLay establishes defense fund
02-28-2011

Tom DeLay, the former House Majority Leader convicted on conspiracy to launder money in state elections, and who has often been listen in connection with the Jack Abramoff trials, has established a new legal defense fund to appeal a January conviction.

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