lobbyist

Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a Washington, D.C., corruption scandal, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.

According to the Washington Post, he told the judge he is no longer the person who "happily and arrogantly" engaged in a lifestyle of corruption.

In fact, he's now a writer.

It’s official.

They like and dislike things about both candidates, so they can’t decide.

First Elizabeth…

“I like Hillary’s health care plan.”

What doesn’t she like [...]?

“The lobbyist money,” she adds.

On Obama [...]: “The fact that he has motivated so many young people to be involved, I think is fantastic.”

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--The politically explosive debate over millions of undocumented U.S. workers appears to be smothering high-tech companies' attempts to obtain higher allotments of H-1B temporary visas and green cards, Oracle's head lobbyist suggested Wednesday.

Any "rational" politician understands those longstanding pleas to bring in more skilled foreigners ...

AP - Sen.

Responding to a story in The New York Times that questioned his ties to a female lobbyist, Sen. John McCain told reporters at a news conference Thursday that the woman was just a friend.

He denied doing anything improper.

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