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Austin City Council members must turn over office calendars, phone records and other information sought by a local environmental attorney, the Texas attorney general's office has ruled. Attorney Bill Bunch [...]

NYNEX `EXPERTS' MAY BE PART OF LOBBYING INVESTIGATION A New York urban affairs expert specializing in telecommunications recently told Buffalo [N.Y.] Rotary Club members that they were being shortchanged 'because [...]

NYNEX `EXPERTS' MAY BE PART OF LOBBYING PRACTICES INVESTIGATION A New York urban affairs expert specializing in telecommunications recently told Buffalo [NY] Rotary Club members that they were being short-changed [...]

Baby Bells hit for lobby funds The D.C. offices of the seven Baby Bell telephone companies have become the subject of a series of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission [...]

The tough task of K Street lobbying firms in representing the authoritarian regime of Gen. Pervez Musharaff as a democracy in Capitol Hill is presented.

The Mississippi Ethics Commission's investigation into the source of leaked information on Governor Haley Barbour's financial transactions is presented.

In 1999 the FBI began an investigation of Steve Rosen, foreign policy director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and the Israel lobby's Iran specialist, Keith Weissman. The [...]

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a senior policy adviser for the Republicans and the only American Indian in Senate till his 2004 term, is trying to salvage the reputation of Indian lobbying in the aftermath of the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. He is representing several Indian tribes seeking federal favors and more legislative success and insists that the tribes who hired Abramoff were his victims rather than collaborators.

The investigation of Jack Abramoff, casino lobbyist and a close associate of Senator Tom Delay, who is already in the fight of his political life working hard to remain relevant in the GOP hierarchy, could create problems for the senator. Federal investigator investigating Abramoff's case have found evidence that Abramoff paid for at least some of the expenses during DeLay's London trip and to the historic golf links of St. Andres in Scotland in the year 2000.

Lawmakers managing the highway bill are worried that the construction season might pass without the legislation to authorize work on new roads and public transportation projects. Contractors and industrialists are lobbying very hard for the passing of the bill and the consideration of the bill is expected to resume by 8 May 2005, with a final vote on May 11 or 12.

The Justice Department has dropped dropping its antitrust investigation into efforts by the American Council of Life Insurance to block the so-called retirement CD, the trade group said. Banking industry [...]

Tough time for lobby Rising public awareness of political lobbying, prompted by a Commons all-party inquiry into MPs' interests, could lead to tighter regulation of lobbyists' activities. Lobby shops have [...]