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George Santos says he'll treat expulsion as a 'badge of honor' as he claims his colleagues are drunkenly having sex with lobbyists 'every night'
The scandal-plagued congressman also called the Ethics Committee chairman a "pussy" and said his co…
Bryan Metzger
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Chris Christie's appeal with moderates and previous ties to Trump helped make him the 'George Washington' of sports betting, former lobbyist said
DraftKings, an online sports betting forum, paid Christie to speak to state legislators to promote …
Hannah Getahun
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Two pro-Trump congressmen and a top DC lobbyist will make their own luck at a St. Patrick's Day political fundraiser
Although Ukraine has dominated the discourse on Capitol Hill, that's not stopping political fundrai…
Camila DeChalus
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Sinema privately trashed Senate Democrats to GOP lobbyists, saying they eat too much Jell-O and waste time
Politico reported that newly independent Arizona senator was known to gossip to Republicans and lob…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Congress has 'done nothing' to oversee Facebook because tech companies are 'throwing money around this town'
Sen. Klobuchar said she believes Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will be the "catalyst" for a…
Bryan Metzger
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Afghan resistance leader hires DC lobbyist in bid for continued US financial and military support
Ahmad Massoud hired 2 lobbyists including Robert Stryk, who has a history of representing questiona…
Bryan Metzger,John Haltiwanger
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The Uber whistleblower who leaked 124,000 files is an ex-top lobbyist. He says he was 'drunk on the Kool-Aid' of the company.
Uber's former top lobbying exec in Europe Mark MacGann said Uber had "sold people a lie" in an inte…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Former John McCain aide says the late GOP senator 'lied to the American people' about his relationship with a lobbyist
Steve Schmidt — a top aide on McCain's 2008 presidential campaign — said he lied on the…
Rebecca Cohen
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Big Tech lobbyists are calling on the Supreme Court to block a Texas anti-censorship law, warning it would open the floodgates to extremist content
Lobbyists warned the new law could allow content from ISIS and neo-Nazis to flourish on Big Tech pl…
Jyoti Mann
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Uber looked to find 'someone aligned with Putin' and paid a pro-Kremlin lobbyist $300,000 as it sought to grow its influence in Russia, report says
Uber approached a key associate of oligarch Roman Abramovich in 2015 to see if the billionaire want…
Rosie Bradbury
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A top Russian business lobbyist pleaded with Putin to 'demonstrate as much as possible' that Russia wants to remain 'part of the global economy'
Alexander Shokhin, president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, urged Putin …
Ben Winck
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Joe Manchin just hired a natural gas lobbyist to his energy panel even as he blocks Biden's climate agenda
C.J. Osman lobbied for the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America before joining Manchin's c…
Kayla Epstein
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A 'lobbyist who has to make the president happy' is part of Facebook's content moderation, employees complain: report
Unlike at Twitter and Google, lobbyists are involved with decisions about Facebook's content, which…
Bryan Metzger
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Climate scientists blame Exxon lobbyists for disinformation that undermines efforts to reduce emissions and global warming
Earlier this week footage was released of an Exxon official who was caught on camera talking about …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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GOP Sen. Ben Sasse re-introduces bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks and becoming paid lobbyists after retiring
Sasse's bill also requires the President and Vice President to disclose their tax returns and bans …
Bryan Metzger
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Top banking regulator compares crypto to tools that sparked the financial crisis while lobbyists decry 'overly conservative' approach
Crypto firms have hired armies of former regulators to exert maximum influence on fast-changing pol…
Ethan Wu
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Amazon hired the lobbyist brother of close Biden ally days after the 2020 election
Days after the 2020 presidential election, Amazon hired lobbyist Jeff Ricchetti, whose brother is a…
Kevin Shalvey
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Exxon lobbyist pressured lawmakers to remove climate measures from Biden's initial $2 trillion infrastructure plan, report says
Channel 4 News obtained recordings that revealed an ExxonMobil lobbyist pressured lawmakers to take…
Ayelet Sheffey
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MAGA diaspora: We're tracking the 327 most important lobbyists, authors, and consultants in Trump's post-White House influence network
Check out Insider's comprehensive database tracking the whereabouts of Trump alumni as they land ne…
Robin Bravender,Tom LoBianco,…
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An Army lieutenant says New York Rep. Tom Reed sexually harassed her when she was a junior lobbyist
"A drunk congressman is rubbing my back," Nicolette Davis texted a coworker about an interaction wi…