Lobbying

"Members of Congress have described the project as more boondoggle than boon," the newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Energy and Environment

Conservative clean energy group beefs up staff to lobby Trump

John Siciliano · January 5, 2017 5:43 pm

Joshua Bolten, former President George W. Bush's chief of staff, will head the Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs formed to lobby in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Former Bush chief of staff to head business lobby

Joseph Lawler · January 4, 2017 1:53 pm

Most lawmakers wait a few weeks before announcing their new job on the other side of the revolving door. But for some, the moneymaking can't wait. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The great 2016 cashout: Payday for outgoing senators and congressmen

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2017 3:24 pm

Corey Lewandowski, who was a green-energy-subsidy-lobbyist before he became Trump's chief of staff, has set up a "government relations" firm half a block from the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump must freeze out friends to drain the swamp

Washington Examiner · December 26, 2016 5:00 am

Lewandowski, who worked on Trump's campaign, was a subsidy lobbyist under Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Beltway Confidential

The Trump revolving door: Lobbyist turned Trump campaign chief returns to lobbying

Timothy P. Carney · December 21, 2016 9:33 pm

"Draining the swamp is not just about lobbying and politicians, it's also about consultants," Conway said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kellyanne Conway vows to go after political consultants

Sarah Bedford · December 20, 2016 4:21 pm

Oil refiners may be taxed more and drivers may see higher taxes at the pump if the House Republican tax plan becomes law, lobbyists and analysts have realized upon sorting through its provisions. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Refiners, drivers could lose under GOP tax plan

Joseph Lawler · December 19, 2016 5:01 am

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will serve a two-year term as chairman of the Business Roundtable starting in January, the business lobbying group announced Wednesday. (Rick Osentoski/Invision for JPMorgan Chase Co./AP Images)

JPMorgan’s Dimon to lead major business lobby

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2016 6:03 pm

Sheldon Whitehouse pledged that Democrats will do all they can to ensure that Trump voters know that "their champion" who promised to "drain the swamp" is now "waist deep in swamp alligators." (AP Photo)

Sen. Whitehouse: Trump ‘waist deep in swamp alligators’

Susan Crabtree · December 2, 2016 6:25 pm

As taxpayers fill out returns leading up to Tax Day on Wednesday, they are for the first time encountering questions about the Obamacare tax. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare repeal that only helps cronies is for the birds

Charles Sauer · December 2, 2016 5:52 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer Monday said he is "deeply concerned" about a report that President-elect Trump lobbied the president of Argentina about one of his projects. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Hoyer questions Trump meetings

Susan Ferrechio · November 21, 2016 11:01 pm

The revolving door is the root of corruption in Washington, D.C., and President-elect Donald Trump may have just slowed it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump sets his sights on the corrupting revolving door

Timothy P. Carney · November 18, 2016 3:14 am