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Kubasik Out at Lockheed Martin; Hewson to Become Next CEO

November 9, 2012, 5:57 pmLockheed Martin announced that its president and CEO-to-be, Christopher Kubasik, resigned after an ethics investigation found he had a "close personal …

Is the White House Mulling Another Olive Branch to Business?

November 8, 2012, 2:56 pmDemocrats are trying to make nice with business leaders in anticipation of the fiscal cliff, according to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who told reporte …

Research!America Pushes For Health Research Funding

November 8, 2012, 2:44 pmResearch!America has a new message all too familiar to election-weary lawmakers and staffers this week: politics can be deadly. In a new ad campaign l …

Role of 'Dark Money' in Senate Races Comes to Light

November 8, 2012, 2:00 pmThe stream of money-in-politics studies continues today with the latest from Public Citizen.About half of the money spent in competitive Senate races …

'Fix the Debt' Launches Ad Blitz on Fiscal Cliff

November 8, 2012, 1:34 pmThe 'Fix the Debt' campaign led by Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, is seizing on the post-election p …

AARP To the Hill: Hands Off Social Security Benefits

November 8, 2012, 1:31 pmThe lame duck is just around the corner, and behemoth AARP is reminding Congress that it wants Social Security benefit cuts off the table in any lame …

Oxfam Highlights the Lame in Lame Duck

November 8, 2012, 10:54 amOxfam America is taking a particularly punny approach to the lame duck session, urging lawmakers not to "duck fiscal reality" in a new ad featuring a …

News Roundup: Boehner Learns Importance of Leadership Unity

November 8, 2012, 9:39 amGood morning, Alley readers. Here are the headlines.One of the lessons House Speaker John Boehner learned in the 112th Congress is the need for unity …

Big Labor Could Be Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

November 8, 2012, 7:59 amThe election is over but campaigning in the advocacy world is just geting under way. Take Big Labor, for instance. The AFL-CIO is fanning out across t …

Environmentalists On The Election: Greens Don't Have the Blues

November 7, 2012, 5:37 pmAt a Wednesday afternoon press conference where the radiant faces were hard to miss, half-a-dozen environmental leaders in Washington declared the 201 …

Wall Street Queasy Over Looming Fiscal Cliff Confrontation

November 7, 2012, 3:58 pmWall Street is digesting the results of Tuesday's election with wariness about the risk of a stalemate in negotiations to prevent the country from tum …

AFL-CIO Sees Exit Poll Ammo In Push to Protect Entitlements

November 7, 2012, 3:14 pmScouring the results of exit polls, the huge labor organizations AFL-CIO sees a message for both Congress and President Obama in Tuesday's elections: …

View From K Street: Boehner Will Have to Bend

November 7, 2012, 3:08 pmPresident Obama won a mandate on Tuesday and House Speaker John Boehner will have to compromise in negotiations during the lame-duck session and beyon …
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