Cynthia Hogan, one of the members of Biden’s vice-presidential search committee, was a top lobbyist for the computing giant.
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Unsanitized: Essential Employees at K Street Lobby Firms Go to Work
Plus, can coronavirus re-infect, and the airlines signal layoffs. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 28, 2020.
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Blue Dog Consultant Working With Industry Group Lobbying Against Health Care Reform
Kristen Hawn, a communications consultant, appears on emails with industry-backed groups strategizing against health care changes.
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Kyrsten Sinema, the Only Anti-Net Neutrality Dem, Linked to Super PAC Run by a Comcast Lobbyist
The super PAC has made independent political expenditures to support Sinema’s elections, and Sinema has directed donations to it through a PAC she used to chair.
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Super PAC Backing ‘Middle-Class Joe’ Is Led by Lobbyists, Corporate Consultants, and Democratic Fundraisers
This week, Unite the Country announced its top staffers, most of whom either work for major corporations or run groups funded by corporate interests.
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Big Tobacco Lobbied to Save Vaping. Now It Controls the Leading E-Cigarette Company.
Altria lobbying helped strike down a ban on flavored vaping liquids. Later it bought into Juul.
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Former Biden Chief of Staff is Fox News’ Top Lobbyist
A former key Biden official began lobbying for the rightwing news channel in July, a recent filing shows.
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DSCC Raked In Cash From Health Care and Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Before Endorsing Hickenlooper
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is intervening in Colorado’s crowded Senate primary to boost a candidate who opposes Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.
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As It Cultivates a Socially Responsible Image, Juul Sends Lobbyist to ALEC’s Annual Meeting
Juul says it wants to “make a meaningful, positive impact on our communities,” but by participating in the influential right-wing state legislative lobby it is working with a group that helps corporations violate the public interest.
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Steve Ricchetti, Top Biden Campaign Aide, Was a Health-Care Lobbyist
The vice president’s former chief of staff once represented hospitals and drug companies. Now he is part of a campaign that is attacking Medicare for All.
