Lobbying

Beto O’Rourke says he’s returning campaign contribution from Chevron lobbyist

Naomi Lim · April 19, 2019 3:49 pm

Then-House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, accompanied by Melissa Bercier of Couch Clarity, Ill., left, listens to TCW President David Manning, right, as he speaks during a roundtable with American taxpayers on tax reform on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in Washington.

Thanks for the tax cut. It’s time for a second act

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2019 2:09 pm

David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist, speaks before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at his confirmation hearing to head the Interior Department, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019.

Trump’s interior chief faces ethics investigation just days after being confirmed

John Siciliano · April 15, 2019 9:26 pm

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, left, speaks with Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, right, at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for former Attorney General nominee William Barr on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.

Pain at the pump? Thank the ethanol lobby

Washington Examiner · April 14, 2019 4:00 am

In this Jan. 29, 2019 photo, the logos of Huawei are displayed at its retail shop window reflecting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing.

Beltway Confidential

Huawei’s latest advocate? An Obama cybersecurity official

Erin Dunne · April 12, 2019 10:03 pm

Energy and Environment

Swamp creature escorted out of Interior nominee’s hearing

Caitlin Yilek · March 28, 2019 8:46 pm

In a guest article written on the Forbes site, former McDonald's USA CEO Ed Rensi wrote that instituting a $15 minimum wage would mean "wiping out thousands of entry-level opportunities for people without many other options." (AP Photo)

McDonald’s says it won’t lobby on minimum wage

Sean Higgins · March 28, 2019 7:09 pm

Greg Craig, left, arrives ahead of his arraignment at federal court in Washington on Friday April 12, 2019.

DOJ may charge Obama White House lawyer for failing to disclose foreign lobbying work

Caitlin Yilek · March 18, 2019 9:04 pm

Democrat Ilhan Omar speaks after winning in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District race during an election night event held by the Democratic Party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn.

The worst anti-Semite in Congress

Washington Examiner · March 6, 2019 5:00 am

Erin Berry, Washington state medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands, listens at a news conference announcing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Title X "gag rule" Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Seattle.

Noemie Emery: The voices that count for Democrats

Noemie Emery · March 4, 2019 8:02 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla. speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on "Nuclear Policy and Posture" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2019.

Fight big government by stopping the revolving door

Washington Examiner · March 3, 2019 3:01 pm

Representative-elect Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov, 30, 2018.

Ilhan Omar equivocates on her anti-Semitism statement: ‘I apologized for the way that my words made people feel’

Jerry Dunleavy · March 1, 2019 6:22 pm