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News Story
7/22/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A proposal to end the debt ceiling stalemate calls for abolishing a long-term-care program passed as part of the Affordable Care Act and institute medical professional liability insurance reforms.
The plan advanced by a bipartisan "Gang of Six" identifies medical liability reforms as part of budget savings, but a...
News Release
7/21/2011
Posted by John M. Simpson
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Google and Facebook pumped record amounts into their lobbying efforts during the second quarter, according to just filed disclosure reports. Google's spending soared to $2.06 million, a 54 percent increase from the same period a year ago. Facebook spent $320,000 -- nearly as much as its total lobbying expenses for all of...
News Story
7/21/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
It looks like both Google and Facebook spent record amounts on lobbying in the second quarter of 2011, as evidenced by the most recent disclosure reports filed in the U.S. Senate’s lobbying database.
Similar to last quarter, Google’s lobbying spend hit an all-time high, with spending coming in at $2.06 million, a 54 percent...
News Story
7/21/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
When most people think about Google and Facebook, they think about California’s Silicon Valley. But according to newly filed disclosure documents, the tech industry’s titans are spending more and more time — and money — making their voices heard in Washington, D.C.
Google spent a whopping $2.06 million on lobbying...
News Story
7/21/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
Internet companies such as Google and Facebook are splurging on their presence in Washington according to Q2 lobbying expenditure reports.
Google and Facebook have both been spending significantly more money in Washington during Q2 of 2011 than the two companies spent last year. The increase in Google’s spending comes at a time when the...
News Story
7/20/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
A consumer organization is challenging a bipartisan deficit-cutting proposal that would give the Senate Judiciary Committee six months to report medical malpractice legislation.
The Gang of Six floated a $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction blueprint Tuesday that requires Congress to start looking for savings immediately. The blueprint includes...
News Story
7/5/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
Special interest groups are donating money to causes supported by California's Latino legislators – potentially buying influence – without any public disclosure.
The Latino Legislative Caucus two years ago stopped revealing which Capitol interest groups give hundreds of thousands of dollars to a nonprofit group it controls....
News Story
6/28/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
They're technology celebrities who are responsible for one of America's hottest products (the iPad 2), its most transformative cultural trend (Facebook) and one of the coolest additions to the national vocabulary (Googling).
No wonder Silicon Valley leaders such as Apple's Steve Jobs, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google'...
News Story
5/23/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
The Politifact Truth-O-Meter Says: "Pants on Fire"
"Unions don’t have to comply with Obamacare."
An ad from the Republican controlled campaign group Crossroads GPS asserts that unions are exempt from the new health care law as a political favor from President Barack Obama.
The ad shows union leaders and...
News Story
5/8/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
The state agency that decides whether teachers are fit for California classrooms has a record of hiring workers with family ties.
Last year, the employee roster included two sets of siblings, one father-daughter pair, and three instances in which the child of an existing employee was hired temporarily as a student assistant.
A recent audit...
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