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Trading Places: From Ex-Lobbyist to Market Watchdog | Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com) TMC

Why is an ex-lobbyist for an Enron-like firm that manipulated energy prices in line to be a top regulator?

Tags: mother jones,tmc,lobbying,corporations,energy prices

Submitted 6 months ago by erinconsortium | 0 Comments |

Stop Corporate Lobbying With Taxpayer Money (commonwealinstitute.org)

Why are recipients of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) – better known as the Banking Bailout – allowed to continue to lobby? Taxpayer dollars should not be used to influence our... More

Tags: bailout,tarp,lobbying,economy

Submitted about 1 year ago by DaveJ | 0 Comments |

The Disconnect (www.talkingpointsmemo.com) TMC

I have no brief for the auto companies. Clearly, their plight is due to years, decades of mismanagement -- much more than the demands of their unions, and in many cases because they've spent years... More

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Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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