Fracking lobbyists prepare case against Matt Damon's Promised Land | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Fracking lobbyists prepare case against Matt Damon's Promised Land | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Energy in Depth prepares 'cheat sheet' of pro-fracking talking points before release of Gus Van Sant drilling-rights drama"

MEK decision: multimillion-dollar campaign led to removal from terror list | World news | guardian.co.uk

MEK decision: multimillion-dollar campaign led to removal from terror list | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Revealed: the steady flow of funds to members of Congress, lobbying firms and former officials in support of Iranian group"

All American congressmen and women are bought, and that is why there is no democracy in the US.

US food aid programme criticised as 'corporate welfare' for grain giants | Global development | The Guardian

US food aid programme criticised as 'corporate welfare' for grain giants | Global development | The Guardian: "Three huge agribusinesses dominate $1bn US food aid policy, Guardian study reveals, with lobby groups ensuring agricultural surpluses are exported despite cost to developing countries"

Economic protesters target Washington lobbyists | Reuters

Economic protesters target Washington lobbyists | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Police arrested economic protesters in Washington on Wednesday as they blocked streets and disrupted traffic in an area famous as a center for the offices of lobbyists."

Lobbyists seek to penetrate debt committee | Reuters

Lobbyists seek to penetrate debt committee | Reuters: "The effort to influence what gets cut and what get saved inside the committee will be unprecedented, and intense. According to a study released this week by LegiStorm, a watchdog group, there are 11,700 registered lobbyists in Washington -- and 14,000 people who work on Capitol Hill.

In the past 10 years, the study added, more than 5,000 former congressional staffers and nearly 400 former lawmakers became federal lobbyists.

One lobbyist, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said: "It's not just going to be the 12 members who decide this."