New Rule May Help Business-Lobby PACs
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A  rule change  proposed by the Federal Election Commission yesterday could substantially enhance the clout of the nation's business lobbies, campaign-finance lawyers said.
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Presidential candidates may solicit contributions for a general election campaign even if they later decide to take public money for the race, federal regulators said Thursday in a proposed opinion.
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Technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation.
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WASHINGTONÂ -- With the U.S. Congress winding down its work for 2004, technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation, including extensions to a research and development (R&D) tax credit and an Internet access tax moratorium.
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New campaign finance rules have prompted many Washington area companies to contribute less soft money into the presidential contest than they did four years ago.
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As Congress reconvenes this week, businesses and their lobbyists are gearing up to fight a series of proposed changes to immigration law that they say will complicate hiring.
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The flow of people between the campaigns and advocacy groups is alarming those who fought for tighter campaign finance rules.
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New rules aim to keep brokerages on the straight and narrow.
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WASHINGTON -- Several lobbying camps from different industries and ideologies are joining forces to fight an overhaul of copyright law, which they say would radically shift in favor of Hollywood and the record companies and which Congress might try to
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A federal judge has ordered the Federal Election Commission to enact tougher restrictions on how millions of dollars are spent on campaigns, saying that its rules have
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Telephone companies could get a major boost today in their efforts to penetrate the cable television market when the Federal Communications Commission considers a measure that would give state and local officials less latitude in awarding cable franchises.
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The Treasury Department should see if it can change a rule that makes people forfeit unused money they put into tax-free health care accounts, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Monday.
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Presidential candidates may return contributions solicited for the general election campaign and accept public financing with its stricter limitations, the Federal Election Commission ruled Thursday.
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In a move that will make it easier for small and medium-size public companies to raise money, federal regulators are about to the ease rules on the sale of restricted shares.
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A bill approved Thursday requires new disclosure of lobbyists' role in 'bundling' checks from many contributors, destined for lawmakers' war chests.
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Some of the nationâs biggest insurance companies want to change rules that enable some of their competitors to avoid billions of dollars in federal taxes by sending money to themselves in tax havens.
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Last year, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sat in the minority, with little seniority, calling for lobbyists to disclose when they're gathering stacks of campaign checks for members.