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Lobbyists are just priming the pump. They don't have to make contributions, so you have to assume they are doing it for a reason.

Neither [Democrats nor Republicans] would prohibit lobbyists from making campaign contributions, arranging fundraisers, bundling contributions from clients, or serving on members' fundraising committees. Second, neither proposes an independent ethics watchdog to audit disclosure reports from lawmakers, staff, and lobbyists and to conduct independent investigations of alleged violations.

Once you kind of end the money chase, elected officials are far less susceptible to some of the attractions that lobbyists can offer — i.e. travel, food, gifts, campaign contributions. Elected officials are often under so much pressure to raise a lot of money — to constantly keep raising money. That's why they have these close ties with lobbyists. Lobbyists help them raise money.

You've got to get some Mississippi players in there. Once you start bringing kids in, it's like priming a pump. You have to start somewhere.

Developers get whatever they want and they get it because of the contributions by them and their lobbyists. This is the type of credibility she completely lacks.

So that a database on lobbyists on campaign contributions on government grants and contracts are all accessible through the push of one button.

Lobbyists have a tendency to advise their clients that the majority of their contributions should go the party in power. The party in power controls the agenda and can make things happen or keep things from happening.

Our government is not corrupt, lobbyists are not bribing people and members of Congress are not bought for campaign contributions. One man broke the law by lying, cheating and stealing from his clients. Unfortunately, he was a lobbyist.

There are thousands of quid pro quos that occur daily in the halls of Congress. Earmarking is the quo. It's what lawmakers can offer to lobbyists in exchange for political contributions and whatever else. It's part of the puzzle.

We have a lot of new players that have a chance to make important contributions, and I think they're going to have to make contributions for us to reach our full potential.

Augie Garrido (1939-)

Their initial pump was designed for a six-foot-tall, healthy male. So the pump was sized for the flow this 180-pound guy who plays tennis would have. Most of the patients that need this pump aren't that person.

Matteo Pasquali

There is just no reason for allowing unfettered giving by lobbyists to lawmakers.

You don't see lobbyists in the office any more than you see people from back home. Pex Tufvesson is a genius, no doubt about it. Lobbyists have influence on the Hill, but not as much as you might think.

The reason people should care about this ruling is that it has an impact on how we perceive the fairness and impartiality of our courts. Our research study from last year shows that while most voters have a fairly positive opinion about our judges, 86 percent of voters are concerned that large campaign contributions to judges can too often lead to conflicts of interest. Ninety-four percent, an overwhelming number, think that campaign contributions made to elected officials have an influence over their decisions. Fifty-seven percent think these contributions have a great deal of influence.

[The good news first. The economy has been picking up. Corporate profits are high, banks have begun to lend again and investors (especially optimistic foreigners) have been piling into Japanese stocks with abandon, pushing Tokyo markets to four-year highs. Koizumi can claim at least part of the credit, thanks to his cleanup of the moribund banking sector and his refusal to succumb to the sort of pump-priming public-works programs favored by his predecessors. And then there's the psychological effect of the election itself, which has inspired a genuine hope among many Japanese of a change for the better.] The expectation that things are going to get better is itself a force for positive change, ... That in itself creates a positive boost to the economy.

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