Stories by Janie Lorber:
Dec. 6, 2012
Sen. Jim DeMint’s move to The Heritage Foundation will elevate the public and political profile of the 39-year-old research institute.
Dec. 6, 2012
The marriage of Sen. Jim DeMint and The Heritage Foundation looks poised to raise the political influence of both the man and the think tank.
Dec. 5, 2012
The tea party may be in danger of losing one of its most powerful voices in Washington.
Dec. 4, 2012
FreedomWorks is launching what it has dubbed the “Black, White & Brown Tour” in an unabashed effort to build support among blacks and Hispanics in preparation for the 2014 congressional elections.
Dec. 4, 2012
Several top FreedomWorks staffers are leaving the conservative advocacy group in the wake of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s resignation, the organization confirmed Tuesday.
Dec. 3, 2012
Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey has cut ties with FreedomWorks, the conservative advocacy group that he has chaired since 2003, according to a spokesman for the organization.
Nov. 30, 2012
As Congress peers over the fiscal cliff, Grover Norquist is preparing to wrap up his most successful year ever.
Nov. 27, 2012
Makers of caffeinated energy drinks are squarely in the cross hairs of two senators. But even as Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut finally have the ear of the Food and Drug Administration, 5-Hour Energy continues to be sold right under their noses at a Senate coffee shop as a pick-me-up for congressional staffers and the lobbyists who woo them.
Nov. 26, 2012
Call it the K Street purge.
Nov. 19, 2012
Just steps from where Congress is debating the fiscal cliff, Rico Ussery, a 26-year-old man who speaks only in monosyllables, cleans restrooms in the Capitol Visitor Center, seemingly unaware of the economic and personal stakes.
Nov. 13, 2012
Election experts and activists are calling for an overhaul of the voting system after hours-long lines, machine malfunctions and other obstacles plagued polling places around the country last week and in some cases delayed the results of races for days.
Nov. 13, 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce may have backed losing candidates in the just-concluded election, but the 100-year-old big-business lobby has no plans to retreat when it comes to playing politics.
Nov. 9, 2012
When Members of Congress return to Washington, D.C., the “fiscal cliff” is not the only financial pinch they will confront.
Nov. 7, 2012
K Street’s calls for a legislative Band-Aid to carry clients past the “fiscal cliff” and into the next Congress became increasingly desperate Wednesday.
Nov. 7, 2012
Former North Dakota Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp (D) pulled off a major upset, narrowly defeating Republican Rep. Rick Berg in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad. North Dakota is one of the most solidly Republican states — President Barack Obama won only 39 percent of the vote there — and Heitkamp beat Berg by a razor-thin margin — 3,000 votes, just 1 point.
Nov. 6, 2012
After months of courting, some Spanish-speaking voters encountered problems casting a ballot today.
Nov. 6, 2012
As she stood handing out sample ballots to voters streaming into Bailey’s Community Center in Falls Church, Va., today, Democratic volunteer Jill Patrick said she knew she was being closely watched.
Nov. 4, 2012
Last-ditch efforts to win the presidency won’t end Tuesday. The 538 members of the Electoral College do not officially cast their votes until Dec. 18, leaving them the target of intense pressure from campaigns to influence the race for the White House after all votes are cast and the winner declared.
Nov. 1, 2012
Vice President Joseph Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination lives on.
Oct. 31, 2012
Conservative groups are distancing themselves from a Virginia communications firm that appears to be behind a flurry of unsolicited text messages criticizing President Barack Obama that were sent to Washington-area mobile phones in recent days.
Oct. 30, 2012
While official Washington remained closed today, lobbyists said they were already working with clients from big financial institutions to small East Coast towns in storm-ravaged areas to assess what they might ask of the federal government when it reopens Wednesday.
Oct. 26, 2012
President Barack Obama appears to have raised upward of $1 million from text message donations this cycle.
Oct. 25, 2012
The former head of the IRS’ Exempt Organizations division accused the conservative nonprofit American Legislative Exchange Council of lying about its assets in its federal tax filings in a letter sent to the agency Wednesday.
Oct. 24, 2012
President Barack Obama appears to have wildly outraised his Republican opponent among text message donors, capitalizing on the newly approved digital fundraising option.
Oct. 22, 2012
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $31.65 million on lobbying during the third quarter of 2012, maintaining a record pace during the current cycle, according to the latest Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
