Members who voted "yes" received 54 percent more money from the banking and securities sectors. more >>

Beware: Lobbyists reflected in the wall may be closer than you think. more >>

Rick Davis headed Fannie Mae lobby and said people wanted "into houses cheap." more >>

The Indian tribes aren't among Abramoff's victims. more >>

As mayor, Palin hired a lobbyist who secured $27 million for the small town of Wasilla, Alaska. more >>

Lobbyists are people too. Some of them anyway. more >>

Sen. John McCain's top foreign policy adviser's lobbying firm represents other countries than Georgia. more >>

McCain's top foreign policy adviser was a Georgian lobbyist—so what? more >>

Despite its own green efforts, the company thinks the FTC should not define carbon offsets. more >>

Blaming lobbyists for legislation that isn't in the public interest is obviously nonsense. more >>

Now it's Guam's shot at notorious former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff. more >>

John McCain's ties to corporate money came under intense scrutiny today in a New York Times story suggesting that a telecom lobbyist received favorable treatment from the Arizona senator. The senator this morning denied any improper relationship with the lobbyist. Last year, in a story titled "Straight Talk and Cold Cash," U.S. News reported that an "analysis of his 25-year legislative career shows he has been an avid seeker of special-interest money to support his campaigns and initiatives." more >>