<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Special Interests</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><description>Special Interests</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Complexity of Taiwan's Ties With Lobbyists]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6120-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6120-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Taiwan's relationships with its Washington lobbyists are sometimes as complicated and tortuous as its relationship with the U.S. government.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition Pushes Social Security Accounts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32781-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32781-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Even though there's a decided lack of momentum on Capitol Hill for President Bush's proposal on Social Security private accounts, business supporters are sounding quite upbeat.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Mr. Ed, a Talking Lobbyist]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13971-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13971-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Even horses need lobbyists these days. Well, at least the people who make money on horses do. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association,  based in Lexington, Ky., has opened a lobbying office in Washington.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dunn Deal on Lobbying]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61434-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61434-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Former House member Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) started work this week at the law firm DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US as a senior adviser in its government affairs practice group.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Lobbyists, the $65 Million List]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42041-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42041-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In case there was any doubt that lobbying Congress and the administration is big business,  now comes "the Influence 50," the law firms and lobby shops that brought in the most lobbying bucks in 2004.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thompson Joins Firms, But Not to Lobby]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21929-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21929-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of health and human services during President Bush's first term, is joining the law and lobby firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld  as a partner and Deloitte & Touche USA as a senior adviser.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange Bedfellows for International Affairs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2550-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2550-2005Mar2.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Global Leadership Campaign is sending out people to lobby lawmakers and staffers of the Senate and House budget committees in support of President Bush's budget for international affairs.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bolstering the Log Cabin Message]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30727-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30727-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Log Cabin Republicans, a group that represents gay Republicans, has hired an outside lobby shop to help push its legislative agenda with congressional Republicans and the administration.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Ready When Bell Sounds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12142-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12142-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Alliance for Justice is getting prepared. With Washington buzzing about possible successors to ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the Alliance, a liberal advocacy group, is ramping up its lobby staff.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clean Air Act in Peril, Head of New Group Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59038-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59038-2005Feb2.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Congress takes up President Bush's "Clear Skies" initiative and the administration works on pollution regulations, a new enviro group has emerged to dog the issue.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready to Learn the Ropes of Cable]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39762-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39762-2005Jan26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kyle McSlarrow may not have any experience in cable, but that did not stop the National Cable & Telecommunications Association from making him its new chief executive.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fazio Appointment Could Raise Conflict]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22378-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22378-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vic Fazio was an ideal candidate for House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to recommend to President Bush for the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fisheries Group Lands PR Veterans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5141-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5141-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Concerned about the enviros pushing such anti-fish news as mercury contaminating tuna, the National Fisheries Institute is beefing up, so to speak, its lobbying and communications staff.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Firm Gains Indian Affairs Powerhouse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51727-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51727-2005Jan5.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Holland & Knight, a law firm that has one of the largest Indian affairs practices around, has scored one of the most widely known names in Indian affairs -- retired senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell  (R-Colo.).]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judy Sarasohn Away.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35072-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35072-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Judy Sarasohn is away. Special Interests will resume when she returns.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Firms Boosted Their Campaign Donations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21048-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21048-2004Dec22.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The largest law firms across the country increasingly upped their campaign contributions -- from political action committees and individual lawyers -- during the recent presidential election campaign, according to a new report.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tauzin to Head Drug Trade Group]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3504-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3504-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Retiring Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-La.), chairman of the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce until he stepped down from that post earlier this year after complaints about his job hunting, will be the trade group's new chief.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zell Miller, Bound for K Street]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49448-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49448-2004Dec8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. Zell Miller, the Georgia Democrat who turned on colleague John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and campaigned for President Bush, will be trying his hand at government relations in the private sector when he retires from the Senate next month.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ford Retools Lobby Shop]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11924-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11924-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/specialinterests</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:41 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Ford Motor Co. has spent the past year hiring new folks to rev up its Washington government affairs operation.]]></description><author> Judy Sarasohn</author></item></channel></rss>
