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Pining for Taxpayer Bailout, For-Profit Health Insurance Industry Threatens Massive Post-Covid Premium Hikes
Insurers are already asking for federal relief from the burden of paying out claims.
'Swamp Is Anything But Drained': Report Details 281 Lobbyists in Trump Administration Over First Two Years
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
"The swamp is Trump hiring 281 lobbyists in just a couple years of his administration."
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'Walking Conflict of Interest': Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbyist Now Second-in-Command at Interior Dept.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Deputy secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt
"David Bernhardt is absolutely the wrong choice for deputy secretary of the...
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Common Cause
On Eve of the March for Our Lives a New Report Examines the NRA’s Huge Influence in Washington
Public Citizen
Despite Trump’s Own Ethics Rules, Dozens of Former Lobbyists Appear to Work in the Administration on Issues on Which They Lobbied
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