The Post covers a lobbying firm’s representation of Jamaican interests here. Last fall, the blue-chip law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips signed a $400,000 contract to lobby on behalf of the government of Jamaica, spending the next several months talking with White House and other administration officials about why the United States should not […]
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What’s missing from the Schumer-Van Hollen framework
Missing from the Schumer-Van Hollen frawework is a reference to legislation Sen. Schumer (and then-Sen. Obama) proposed in the last session of Congress in S. 3123 (“Closing the Foreign Lobbying Loophole Act”) involving amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act. I posted about the bill in June 2008. A news report about the proposal is […]
China’s lobbying efforts in the spotlight
The Post discusses China’s lobbying efforts this morning here. From 2005 to 2009, China for the first time hosted more U.S. politicians and congressional staff members than Taiwan, according to LegiStorm.com, a congressional watchdog. China has also tripled the amount it spends on lobbying firms, including such powerhouses as Patton Boggs and Hogan & Hartson, […]