His proposal keeps Trump loopholes and bears the fingerprints of corporate lobbyists.
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Infrastructure Summer: Heidi Heitkamp’s Lobbying Journey
Before she got hired to run a dark-money outfit, she advocated for tax hikes on dynastic wealth. Now, she’s against them.
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Private Equity’s Potential Payday From Build Back Better
Hundreds of billions of dollars are scheduled for industries private equity dominates. Advocates want to make sure workers and families benefit, not financiers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The DCCC’s Top Bundler Is an Oil Lobbyist
Zachary Pfister goes to bat for the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group.
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It’s Big Business as Usual for Biden’s Ambassadorship Picks
A Comcast lobbyist is the latest to snag a top diplomatic post.
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Steve Ricchetti, and Democrats’ Failures at Self-Awareness
The White House could be known as a force for improving people’s lives—or the kind of place that gives plum jobs to sons and daughters of top officials.
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How Can a State Lawmaker Take On Big Tech?
You have to have a ‘good champion.’
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Big Tech Lobbyists Take Down Arizona’s App Store Bill
HB 2005 would have ended high app store fees for developers. It got stuck in a state Senate committee.
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In Arizona, Democrats Are Backing Big Tech
A bill that would eliminate Apple and Google’s hefty fees on app developers has drawn unusual coalitions on both sides.
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A Big Tech Showdown in Arizona
The state is attempting to pass a bill that would allow app developers to avoid taxes from Apple and Google. Some Democrats are opposed.
