Capitol Insiders Database:
Those With Special Access To Capitol Hill
 

There is a strong business and social network inside the beltway that includes those working on Capitol Hill and those who have left to work on K Street.

The Capitol Insiders Database identifies those connections and keeps track of former top Hill staff as they represent new interests.

Capitol Hill access is an extremely valuable and sought after commodity. Those who have it want to maximize it, and those who need it want to know those who have it.

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2/8/2010

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Financial Services Reform Down to Bottom Line

12/11/2009

     The House has been working through legislation to regulate the financial services industry, including setting up a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, regulating the deriviatives market and credit default swaps, and permitting bankruptcy judges to alter mortgage terms, amoung other provisions.
 
     View those with access to the members of the House Financial Services Committee
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Democratic Leadership To Craft One Bill

10/23/2009

     After meeting with President Obama, Senators Harry Reid, Richard Durbin, Patty Murray, and Charles Schumer are working on crafting one Senate health care reform bill for Senate consideration. Healthcare lobbyists, and interest groups are all seeking access at this critical time. Click on the four names above to view those with access, including former staff and others.
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Former Kennedy Staffers

9/9/2009

     With the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) many former Kennedy staffers are offering remembrances about the Senator. View a list of some former Kennedy staffers, with links to their current employer, their photo and biography. There may be additional former staffers who had worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee or the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during the years Senator Kennedy was Chairman or a committee member.
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Healthcare Reform Bills Get Specific

6/10/2009

    As committee chairman introduce their healthcare reform bills those with Capitol Hill access may be able to impact the provisions and key legislative leaders. View those insiders with connections to: Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Chris Dodd, and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Max Baucus and the Senate Finance Committee, Rep. Charles Rangel and the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. George Miller and the House Education and Labor Committee, and Rep. Henry Waxman and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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300 Reporters Added as Capitol Hill Insiders

5/27/2009

     Our indexes of Capitol Hill Insiders would not be complete unless we included the top reporters who try and cover the access game, and who also have excellent access.  We have just added a new group of over 300 top Reporters, with links to their biographies (including many photos), and links to their recent articles.
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200 Capitol Hill Insiders Join Administration

5/27/2009

     In its first 100 days the Obama administration has hired over 200 Capitol Hill Insiders to fill top Executive Branch positions. After eight years of the Bush administration the reins of power are now being held by former senior staff from Capitol Hill. These Democrats include former Members of Congress, top Congressional committee staff, and Members' key policy advisers, legislative directors and communications directors. View those now in the Executive Branch who maintain Capitol Hill access. Names are repeated if they held more than one position in Congress.
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  Current News Headlines For 2/8/2010:

John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies

Reuters

2/8/2010 4:42:17 PM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, the chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.


Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

Reuters

2/8/2010 4:39:41 PM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan healthcare summit sets the stage for a final push to get the stalled legislation through Congress, but skeptical Republicans said on Monday the only solution is to start over.


John Murtha dies, special election looms

Washington Post The Fix

2/8/2010 4:34:00 PM
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Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. The death of longtime Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha (D) this afternoon will set off a special election in his very competitive western Pennsylvania 12th district. According to state law, the governor has ten days once the vacancy is officially declared to decide on the date for the special election, which can come no sooner than 60 days following that proclamation. That likely means the special election will be held on May 18, which is the date already set for federal primaries around the state. (Special elections costs the state huge sums of money and it's likely that Gov. Ed Rendell will choose to go with an already established election day to save some cash.


Reps. mourn 'congressional giant'

Politico
Martin Kady II

2/8/2010 3:56:04 PM
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John Murtha's colleagues remember him as both a gruff ex-Marine and a close friend.


S.C. GOP unites with tea party

Politico
Andy Barr

2/8/2010 3:55:28 PM
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State Republican Party says it will share resources and coordinate messaging with tea party groups.


News Analysis: For Human Spaceflight, Can Measured Beat Bold?

New York Times

2/8/2010 3:29:54 PM
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Political Notebook: Tea Party Looks to Move From Fringe to Force

New York Times

2/8/2010 2:54:43 PM
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Organizers and attendees want to turn the Tea Party into a serious political force and reject the label of an angry fringe group.


John Murtha dies at 77

Politico
David Rogers

2/8/2010 2:50:12 PM
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Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), who served for four decades, dies in a Virginia hospital.


Blacks Question Obama’s Approach to Race

New York Times

2/8/2010 2:45:35 PM
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A quiet observation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday last month was typical of the president, whose low-key stance on race is frustrating some black leaders and scholars.


Rep. Murtha Dead at 77

Fox News

2/8/2010 2:42:21 PM
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Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war to enter Congress and one of the House's most powerful lawmakers, died Monday afternoon at Virginia Hospital Center after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.


Can Democrats dissuade Dan Coats from running?

Washington Post The Fix

2/8/2010 2:30:00 PM
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In the six days since former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats (R) made clear he was preparing to challenge Sen. Evan Bayh (D) in the fall, national Democrats have unleashed an all-out assault aimed at making Coats reconsider his candidacy. First came a detailed dossier from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee running through the clients Coats represents as a federal lobbyist -- including PhRMA and Goldman Sachs. Then the DSCC released a video from 2008 in which Coats tells a Republican audience he and his wife are planning to move to North Carolina -- not Indiana -- when he retires. (Coats currently lives in the D.C. area.) And, finally, there was today's report that Coats had lobbied for a number of foreign governments including Yemen. The goal of this onslaught is two-pronged.


Bloomberg Questions Fed's Bill-Paying Sincerity for 9/11 Trials

Fox News

2/8/2010 2:26:38 PM
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New York Mayor Bloomberg raises doubts about federal government's readiness to pay for a trial of Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan.


Paterson Aides Deny Reports He's About to Resign

Fox News

2/8/2010 1:52:42 PM
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New York Gov. David Paterson's office made the rounds to major news outlets Monday to shoot down rumors the governor is planning to step down in the wake of a bombshell New York Times story about to be published that is so scandalous he can't politically survive it.


New sanctions on Iran are only path left: Gates

Reuters

2/8/2010 1:40:46 PM
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PARIS (Reuters) - Iran has rejected Western overtures and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday.


Saturday Night Live takes on the Rahm Emanuel apology

Washington Post The Fix

2/8/2010 1:00:00 PM
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Any time Andy Samberg does anything on Saturday Night Live, we watch. And, when he decides to impersonate White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, we can barely contain our glee. Below is Samberg/Emanuel's apology for the impolitic remark he made about disabled people in a health care strategy session last summer. WARNING: While there are no actual swear words used -- this being broadcast television and all -- you can read between the lines pretty easily. So, if that's the kind of thing that offends you, you might want to steer clear of the video.


Administration Proposes New Agency to Study Climate Change

Fox News

2/8/2010 12:44:24 PM
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A new Climate Service agency will operate with NOAA's National Weather Service and National Ocean Service, the Commerce Department announced Monday.


Testy Conflict With Goldman Helped Push A.I.G. to Edge

New York Times

2/8/2010 12:36:25 PM
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The bank’s demands for billions of dollars from the insurer bled it of cash, which the government later provided.


Officers to Retrieve John Edwards Sex Tape

Fox News

2/8/2010 11:43:03 AM
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A North Carolina judge wants security officers to accompany an ex-John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of his former boss.


NY Governor is not resigning: spokeswoman

Reuters

2/8/2010 11:41:07 AM
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Democratic Governor David Paterson is not planning to resign, his spokeswoman said on Monday, calling blog reports entirely fabricated.


Poll: 75% 'angry' at government

Politico
Andy Barr

2/8/2010 11:27:57 AM
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Plus nearly two-thirds surveyed say politicians lack a good understanding of what is needed today.


Obama Plans Bipartisan Summit on Health Care

New York Times

2/8/2010 11:26:40 AM
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The meeting would mark the first time in the long health care debate that leaders from both sides would be allowed to air their ideas publicly.


GOP’s Issa Seeks to Grill Bush Aides on Toyota Recall

Wall Street Journal

2/8/2010 11:19:20 AM
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Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California is making a rare request in these hyper-partisan times: That a congressional panel expand a hearing on the Toyota recall to include testimony from Bush administration officials.


In a Message to Democrats, Wall St. Sends Cash to G.O.P.

New York Times

2/8/2010 11:11:36 AM
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Bankers, unhappy at the president’s proposals for tighter financial regulations, are shifting donations to Republicans.


White House moves to make the filibuster a campaign issue

Washington Post The Fix

2/8/2010 10:47:00 AM
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The Senate -- and filibusters in particular -- are the focus of a new White House campaign. Over the past week, President Obama and his senior aides have repeatedly cited Republicans' filibuster threats as the primary reason for the lack of progress on big ticket legislative items, an early sign that Democrats will seek to use this bit of legislative arcana against the GOP in the coming midterm election. At a meeting -- televised, natch -- with Senate Democrats last week, Obama harped on the GOP's willingness to invoke the filibuster, noting that Democrats had taken more cloture votes to end debate and force votes in 2009 than they did in the 1950s and 1960s combined. Added Obama: We've had scores of pieces of legislation in which there was a filibuster, cloture had to be invoked, and then ended up passing 90 to 10, or 80 to 15.


Republicans Come to Health Care Table Willing to Negotiate

Fox News

2/8/2010 10:39:02 AM
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Republicans say they have no idea yet who will be invited to join President Obama later this month to discuss health care reform but they have plenty of ideas if Obama is sincere about wanting to work together.


U.S., EU 'Condemn' Iranian Human Rights Violations

Fox News

2/8/2010 10:25:51 AM
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The United States and the European Union on Monday offered a condemnation against Iran's government for human rights violations, saying intimidation, detentions, show trials and executions of presidential election protesters defies international standards.


Obama invites Republicans to healthcare session

Reuters

2/8/2010 10:19:52 AM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday he will hold a meeting with Democratic and Republican lawmakers to discuss ways to move forward on legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.


Obama anti-terror adviser lashes out at lawmakers

Reuters

2/8/2010 10:05:30 AM
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser on Sunday lashed out at U.S. lawmakers, accusing them of using national security issues as a political football for their own gains.


First Lady to Launch Anti-Childhood Obesity Campaign

Fox News

2/8/2010 8:18:45 AM
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The first lady wants to change the way millions of Americans eat, exercise, look and feel.


Obama Invites GOP Leaders to Health Care Talk

Fox News

2/8/2010 8:04:54 AM
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In an interview Sunday with CBS' Katie Couric, Obama said he wants Republicans to put their ideas on the table.


Geithner Claims Mortgage Modifications a Success Despite House Probe

Fox News

2/8/2010 7:37:57 AM
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Millions more Americans are facing financial security as a result of stabilizing home prices, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Sunday, even though only about 66,000 people have benefited from permanent mortgage loan modifications aimed to prevent foreclosure, a figure that has resulted in a House panel investigation.


Obama to convene bipartisan health care meeting on Feb. 25

Washington Post The Fix

2/8/2010 5:29:56 AM
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1. The big news out of President Obama's pre-Superbowl interview with CBS News's Katie Couric is that the White House will convene a health care meeting with congressional leaders of both parties on Feb. 25. One notable element of the half-day gathering is that it will be televised in its entirety -- much like the now-famous tété-a-tété between the president and House Republicans in the immediate aftermath of the president's state of the union address. What the president will not do is let this moment slip away, said an administration official. He hopes to have Republican support in doing so -- but he is going to move forward on health reform. Of course, Obama did not -- and has not -- laid out specific ways in which the impasse currently gripping the health care debate on the Hill can be broken.


Jobs bill gets snowed under

Politico
Lisa Lerer

2/8/2010 4:53:29 AM
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Dems miss self-imposed deadline.


W.H., Chamber at odds on OSHA

Politico
Joaquin Sapien - ProPublica

2/8/2010 4:51:12 AM
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Despite their efforts to find common ground, a new battle is brewing over a workplace-injury rule.


Obama the scold

Politico
Carol E. Lee

2/8/2010 4:46:24 AM
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At times, having Obama in the Oval Office is like having a really powerful Dr. Phil around.


Coming together on climate bill

Politico
Jeanne Cummings

2/8/2010 4:36:17 AM
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Business leaders, environmentalists redouble efforts to advance energy and climate bill in Senate.


Map to balanced energy-climate bill

Politico
Eileen Claussen,Manik Roy

2/8/2010 4:32:08 AM
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In an Ideas piece, Claussen and Roy say Obama's commitment to climate bill could be right call.


Farm lobby backs halt to EPA ruling

Politico
Marianne Lavelle - Center for Public Integrity

2/8/2010 4:30:12 AM
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Lobbyists who helped dim prospects for climate legislation in Congress now fight W.H. regulations.


Budget will hurt job creation in West

Politico
Sen. John Barrasso

2/8/2010 4:28:15 AM
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In an Ideas piece, Sen. Barrasso says Obama's plan will harm Wyoming's oil and natural gas industry.


Transit bills fight climate change

Politico
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

2/8/2010 4:27:30 AM
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In an Ideas piece, Rep. Blumenauer says infrastructure projects lower emissions, create jobs.


Greens call on Brown with talk of jobs

Politico
Lisa Lerer

2/8/2010 4:25:50 AM
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A Federal Effort to Push Junk Food Out of Schools

New York Times

2/8/2010 2:01:07 AM
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To fight obesity, legislation would ban candy and sugary beverages, and many schools would be required to offer more nutritious fare.


The Caucus: Obama’s Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:54:41 AM
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Facing pressure from Democrats and Republicans, not to mention labor unions, the administration’s message is one of ambivalence.


Illinois Democrat Quits Race

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:52:17 AM
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The Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor has dropped out of the race amid a political uproar about his past less than a week after he won the nomination.


Obama Challenges Terrorism Critics

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:50:44 AM
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Responding to Republicans’ charge that he is a Miranda-reading, soft-on-terror president, President Obama said he has been handling suspects much like his predecessor did.


Palin in 2012? She Says Run Is Possible

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:49:58 AM
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Sarah Palin said she would consider a presidential candidacy “if I believe that that is the right thing to do for our country and for the Palin family.


New Orleans Picks Mayor With Show of Support

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:49:09 AM
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With backing from both blacks and whites, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu was elected the first white mayor in 32 years.


With Federal Stimulus Money Gone, Many Schools Face Budget Gaps

New York Times

2/8/2010 1:47:57 AM
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The stimulus helped forestall drastic cuts at public schools, but many are now approaching what officials call a “funding cliff.


Obama Hasn't Ruled Out NYC Trial for 9/11 Planner

Fox News

2/8/2010 12:36:40 AM
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President said he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.


5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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CONNECTICUT An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out the walls of an unfinished power plant in Connecticut and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more, and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible...


Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U....


Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a political football.


David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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Ask David Plouffe how Democrats can recover from their electoral setbacks over the past few months and he has a simple answer: Republicans.


Ex-Alaska governor Sarah Palin doesn't rule out run for the White House in 2012

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin did not discount a 2012 presidential campaign on Sunday.


Mass. wind farm that Obama administration might support meets strong resistance

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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ABOARD THE IDA LEWIS -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar journeyed out into Nantucket Sound on a Coast Guard vessel last week to signal the Obama administration's readiness to put some muscle behind wind energy. To do that, Salazar has to resolve a battle over building a wind farm on 25 square mile...


Obama invites Republicans to summit on health care

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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President Obama moved to jump-start the stalled health-care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to participate in a bipartisan, half-day televised summit on the subject this month.


Some Democrats seek change in filibuster rules, but others are wary

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chuckled as he recently reflected on his effort, five years ago, to change nearly century-old filibuster rules.


U.S. sends a message by stepping up crackdown on foreign business bribes

Washington Post

2/8/2010 12:00:00 AM
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Federal authorities want companies to know that the cost of paying bribes to win overseas contracts is growing steeper by the day.


Reid ready to play at recess

Politico
Manu Raju

2/7/2010 9:06:27 PM
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A GOP hold on all executive nominees has him eyeing out-of-session appointments.


New York Gov. Paterson Meets With Lawmakers Over Future

Fox News

2/7/2010 8:49:39 PM
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A Democrat close to the situation says the meetings included discussions about whether he would resign or announce he will not run.


Illinois lt. gov. nominee withdraws

Politico
Alex Isenstadt

2/7/2010 8:40:33 PM
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Scott Lee Cohen drops out of the race less than a week after winning the nomination.


Dem Nominee for Illinois Lt. Governor Drops Out Amid Furor

Fox News

2/7/2010 8:16:22 PM
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It has become widely known that Scott Lee Cohen was accused of abusing his ex-wife and holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend.