Bus Tour, Campaign-Style Events to Promote Health-Care Reform
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 31st, 2009 4:36 am by HL
Bus Tour, Campaign-Style Events to Promote Health-Care Reform
President Obama’s supporters hope to recapture the energy of last year’s triumphant election campaign in a bid to regain control of the health-care debate, planning more than 2,000 house parties, rallies and town hall meetings across the country over the next two weeks.
Industry Groups Take the Initiative With Senate Climate Bill Near
ATHENS, Ohio — The oil lobby was sponsoring rallies with free lunches, free concerts and speeches warning that a climate-change bill could ravage the U.S. economy.
U.S. Meetings With Lobbyists Go Unreported
President Obama ordered federal officials to disclose their contacts with lobbyists trying to influence how the government doles out money to jump-start the economy. Yet few such communications have been reported even though lobbyists say they are busier than ever with the multibillion-dollar…