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Washington Post: Pharmaceutical industry likely to shatter its lobbying record as it works to shape Democrats’ spending bill
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Kaiser Health News: Pharma Campaign Cash Delivered to Key Lawmakers With Surgical Precision
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Press releases
Issue One praises anticipated new ethics order from President Biden, criticizes Trump for rescinding his ethics order on way out of White House
Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee issued the following statement today in response to President Joe Biden’s anticipated executive order aimed at enhancing government ethics and lobbying rules: “President Joe…
Legislation & policy analysis
Issue One applauds the introduction of the bipartisan Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 2020 to increase transparency
Today, Reps. Ben Cline (R-VA) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) introduced H.R. 8022, the Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 2020 (LDA). This is the first substantive update of the LDA in…
Press releases
Issue One praises senators’ decision not to weaken lobbying restrictions on former Pentagon officials
Issue One Executive Director Meredith McGehee released the following statement today after the Senate rejected the Pentagon’s proposal to weaken current lobbying restrictions on former Pentagon officials. The decision followed…
Podcast episodes
Swamp Stories Episode 12: Shadow Lobbying
“Let me give it to you straight: Over the last decade it has become commonplace in Washington for people who lobby the government to avoid registering as lobbyists, thus…
Press releases
Issue One urges lawmakers to strengthen, not weaken, lobbying restrictions on former Pentagon officials
Issue One on Wednesday sent a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees opposing a new Pentagon proposal to weaken post-employment lobbying restrictions on former…
Press releases
Issue One Statement on President Trump’s Lobbying Executive Order
This statement has been updated following a review of the executive order on ethics signed by President Trump. “At first blush, today’s executive order on ethics signed by President Trump…
Analysis
Donald Trump tries to slow Washington’s revolving door
Late Wednesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump took a small but important first step in following-through on his campaign’s pledge to “drain the swamp” in Washington. The administration-in-waiting said it will…
Testimonies & comments
Issue One’s memo to President-Elect Trump’s administration
Issue One’s memo to President-elect Trump’s administration “Crony capitalism gives us special interest tax breaks, custom-designed regulations and special exemptions for favored parties.” So said the Republican platform adopted this…