Click to read:Health Care Lobbyists' Rise to Power Oct 21, 2009
Congressman Billy Tauzin, and Senators John Breaux and Don Nickles each held key roles in passing or shaping Part D. All three then left their government jobs and became lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry. Tauzin reportedly earns a $2 million salary to head up the biggest pharmaceutical lobby group: PhRMA. Breaux and Nickles have started lobby firms that are each pulling in six figures from the drug industry. (CBS News)
Norton Boosted by Big-Name Donors in Colorado Senate Race Oct 21, 2009
By Greg GirouxRoll Call Staff Oct. 20, 2009, 6:41 p.m.. The first campaign finance report filed by former Colorado Lt. Gov. Jane Norton (R), who is running for the Senate in 2010, reads like a who s who of GOP officeholders past and present, strategists and lobbyists. (Roll Call)
Sex and power inside "the C Street House" Jul 23, 2009
John Thune, R-S.D., and recent senators and high officials such as John Ashcroft, Ed Meese, Pete Domenici and Don Nickles. Over in the House there's Joe Pitts, R-Penn. (Salon)
Youth Is Served in Senate GOP Jul 9, 2009
By Roll Call Staff July 9, 2009, 12 a.m.. For an institution that cherishes its reputation as the world s most deliberative body, change can be hard to swallow particularly for Senate Republicans. (Roll Call)
Nickles: Humor Makes Budget Work Add Up Mar 20, 2009
By Don NicklesSpecial to Roll Call March 19, 2009 ... Don Nickles (R) represented Oklahoma for 24 years and is a former Republican Whip and Budget chairman. (Roll Call)