Lobbyist, fed lawyer share vacation home
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Nine months before agreeing to let ConocoPhillips delay a half-billion-dollar pollution cleanup, the government's top environmental prosecutor bought a $1 million vacation home with the company's top lobbyist.
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A soon-to-be U.S. senator lends money to a lobbyist. The lobbyist never pays it back. The lawmaker then uses her Senate position to help direct more than $11 million in government money to projects benefiting the lobbyist's clients.
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Graham Gund has been busy creating a headquarters for the National Association of Realtors in Washington, D.C., dealing with a lawsuit involving his part-ownership of many of the buildings in the South End loft district known as SoWa, and settling into the Cambridge house that he built -- tore down -- and built again.
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With a home in the woods, wild animals for neighbors and a recreational vehicle to take on quickie vacations, Tony Hill and his wife are enjoying a comfortable, if not luxurious, retirement.
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The Fed Chairman struck a familiar chord but showed some concern that subprime woes may spill into the broader economy.
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A senior House Democrat warned the Federal Reserve on Wednesday to protect consumers against unfair banking and mortgage practices or Congress will give that power to another federal agency.
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CODY, Wyoming  - Cody is a long way from the marble hallways of the Federal Reserve in Washington, but its fortunes will not be ignored when policy-makers meet to debate interest rates later this month.
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A senior Justice Department official who recently resigned her post bought a nearly $1 million vacation home with a lobbyist for ConocoPhillips months before approving consent decrees that would give the oil company more time to pay millions of dollars in fines and meet pollution-cleanup rules at...
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Traveling with the candidate's "Poverty Tour," Eric Pooley marvels that the rich lawyer is tackling a risky issue but isn't sure if it isn't some elaborate photo op.
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The First Lady and the former President find a common cause
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A TIME corresondent recalls an evening at the former at the former congressman's house - chaperoning a nervous colleague
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A retiree likes the idea of being closer to her neighbors. A couple from Ohio won't have to cut the grass anymore. A lawyer looks forward to being able to walk to work.
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The First Lady - and the former president - find a common cause
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Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell helped arrange more than $11 million in federal money in the past year for projects benefiting clients of a lobbyist who is advising her re-election campaign and still owes her money from a personal loan.
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US Representative John Spratt of South Carolina said the Federal Reserve should ``go lightly&#39;&#39; on raising the benchmark interest rate because of the economy.
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A jump in consumer inflation raised concerns among investors about how much freedom the Fed has to continue a campaign aimed at freeing up tight credit markets.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said he "feels a little more relaxed" speaking publicly now that his successor, Ben Bernanke, is established in his job, but that he longs for the day when he can reclaim some privacy.