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Lobbyists
and Money in Politics
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| Influence,
Inc. The bottom line on Washington lobbying (The ultimate special interest list) |
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opensecrets.org
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| Interest
groups get early start grooming candidates Organizations on polar extremes of some of the hot-button issues at the Capitol are hoping to attract some candidates of their own thinking to run for public office. On one side, the Arizona Education Association and Planned Parenthood Arizona are sponsoring three weekend-long traini... |
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| How a
Lobbyist Stacked the Deck Abramoff Used DeLay Aide, Attacks On Allies to Defeat Anti-Gambling Bill |
Interview: Chuck Neubauer discusses
the Los Angeles Times' series on how special
interest groups have found another way to say thank you to supportive lawmakers by hiring a congressional relative |
| NPR senior correspondent Juan Williams talks about the latest news from inside the Beltway with his regular Capitol Hill insiders -- Donna Brazile, former campaign manager for Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore in 2000, and the Rev. Joseph Watkins, a member of President George H.W. Bush's White House staff. They discuss the scuffle in the Senate between Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and freshman Sen. Barak Obama (D-IL) over how to proceed with lobbying reform efforts. | Lobbyist maintains Bush knew him well |
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Lobbyists' Role in
Food Rules Questioned |
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| Loophole in Lobbying
Bill Leaves Wiggle Room |
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| Lobbyists are increasing their Arizona spending |
| Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004 | The NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior |
| Evangelicals
rev up voters Christian activists working to ensure Bush's re-election |
Are a
Nominee's Views Fair Game? As High Court Battle Nears, Parties Parse the Senate Filibuster Deal |
| Young Voices: Political parties? | |
| Democracy
on Drugs The Medicare Bill: A Study in How Government Shouldn’t Work |
Special Interest Columns by Judy Sarasohn of the Washington Post |
| Insiders
Worked Both Sides of Gaming Issue E-mails Suggest Men Tried to Exploit Closure of Casino for Huge Fees From Tribe |
The best site on PAC's from opensecrets.org |
| Tired
of Two Parties? Blame the centralization of the federal government, not the Constitution. |
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| Foundation's
Funds Diverted From Mission Records Detail Spending By GOP Lobbyist Abramoff |
Who Governs Us? A collection of thoughts on the nature of government, by Bill Hees (updated 11/2003). Keeping Money Out of Politics |
| Globalisation & the Who's Who of the New Ruling Elite | Back-room dealing a Capitol trend |
| Lobby Firm Aims Big by Going It Alone | Energy bill a special-interests triumph |
| Lobbyists'
Role in Food Rules Questioned Industry Figures Attended 10 Meetings, Group Says |
New
Routes for Money to Sway Voters 501c Groups Escape Disclosure Rules |
| Influence,
Inc. The bottom line on Washington lobbying |
Lobbyists Feel the Tech Love |
| Evangelicals
rev up voters Christian activists working to ensure Bush's re-election |
The Assault Weapons Ban: NRA |
| Drug Industry Employs 675 Washington Lobbyists, Many with Revolving-Door Connections, New Report Finds | |
| Cost of Congressional Campaigns Skyrockets | Bill
Would Curb '527' Spending No Action Expected Before Elections |
| Campaign
funds law has altered politics Power is following the money to groups beyond the parties |
A CALL TO
DEFEND DEMOCRACY AND PLURALISM We are a group of individuals interested in joining with others to rebuild a multi-issue movement for progressive social change that can assist in informing and organizing broad coalitions to reverse the ominous right- wing backlash currently sweeping the United States. In May, 1993 we came from across the nation to the conference center in Blue Mountain, NY to share our concerns about the growing prejudice and scapegoating being provoked by intolerant and anti-democratic religious and secular movements of the hard right. |
| Excerpts from the book On Democracy by Robert A. Dahl |
Political Action Committees (PAC's) from YAHOO |
| Democracy and the
Constitution The US Constitution is outdated -- at least to those who wish it addressed issues such as racial integration, economic equality, and women's rights. Join Kojo and Robert Dahl, a preeminent scholar on democracy, to discuss the relevancy of the US Constitution in its 250th year. Robert Dahl, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Yale University; author, How Democratic is the American Constitution? (Yale University Press) |
IF readers of A Preface to Democratic Theory accept Robert A. Dahl’s critique, they may conclude that the theoretical bases for democracy are so defective that they must be discarded in favor of a practical alternative that avoids the Madisonian and populist ideals. Dahl’s endorsement of the “American hybrid,” however, is not a merger of the two democratic lineages he investigates; it is a framework for a new democratic theory. Democracy in practice in modern America is defined not by majority rule or its dangers, but by an effort to incorporate as many groups as possible in the decision-making process. A democracy conceptualized with this goal in mind requires institutional reflection of social diversity and is a more appropriate foundation for democratic theory in a new age. |