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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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
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.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
National Grid Asks Customers to Help it Lobby for a New Fracked Gas Pipeline
The utility company implemented a moratorium on new service in the NYC area after a billion-dollar fracked-gas pipeline project was rejected by New York and New Jersey governments, and is now pressing its customers in a last-ditch lobbying effort.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
DCCC Vendors Work for Corporations Lobbying Against Democratic Policies
The DCCC has blacklisted vendors that work with progressive challengers, but it continues to pay those whose corporate clients work to block policies like net neutrality and Medicare for All.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Dems Overseeing Finance Industry Take Money from Group Supporting Racist Auto Lending
Alerted to the contributions, House Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters tells Sludge she will better vet her campaign contributors.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Most Nakedly Corrupt Tweet Yet
As the president props up lobbyists and cronies, Democrats must respond with aggressive oversight.