Rep. Emerson
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration took power with the promise of curtailing deals with those wicked K-Street lobbyists.
But now an earlier behind-closed-doors deal with drug companies in the effort to promote health care reform is drawing heat.
My story today on the Mother Ship addressed a bill sponsored by Rep. Jake Zimmerman, D-Olivette, and Rep. Brian Yates, R-Lee’s Summit, that would place a one-year moratorium on elected officials becoming lobbyists.
It turns out that Missouri has among the…
JEFFERSON CITY — Midwives don’t want anything more from the Legislature. They just want to be left alone.
Today midwives from around the state showed up to the state capital to thank legislators with homemade cookies for the recent change in…
Temple, left, and Blunt
How’s this for a strange pairing: Former Republican Gov. Matt Blunt and Democratic strategist Roy Temple are now working for the same D.C. lobbying firm.
Earlier this week, the prominent Washington government relations outfit Cassidy and Associates announced it…
DENVER — You’ll hear much in the news about how the Democratic National Convention, like all national political conventions, amounts to one big party. You’ve certainly already seen some of that here on Political Fix.
There’s a lot of truth to…
