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Edwin Feulner Retires as Heritage Foundation President After 36 Years Building Conservative Movement Infrastructure

2013-04-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Edwin J. Feulner Jr. retired as president of the Heritage Foundation on April 3, 2013, after an extraordinary 36-year tenure that transformed Heritage from a small Capitol Hill operation with 9 staff members and a $1 million budget into the most influential conservative think tank in Washington, …

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Electronic Industries Alliance Blacklisting - K Street Project Enforcement

1998-10-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

A pivotal moment in the K Street Project’s systematic transformation of Washington’s lobbying ecosystem, where Republican leadership demonstrated its power to coerce and control industry associations by punishing the Electronic Industries Alliance for hiring a Democratic congressman, …

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Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act Ends Welfare Entitlement

1996-08-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Bill Clinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), fulfilling his 1992 campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” The legislation represents the most significant overhaul of the American welfare system since the New …

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Gingrich-DeLay Formalize K Street Project Coordination Structure

1995-02-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

In February 1995, Speaker Newt Gingrich and Majority Whip Tom DeLay formalized the K Street Project, a systematic strategy to transform Washington lobbying by pressuring firms to hire Republicans and limit Democratic influence. By 2003, this approach ensured that 33 of 36 top lobbying positions were …

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Tom DeLay Elected Majority Whip - Creates K Street PAC Tracking System

1995-01-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Following the Republican Revolution, Tom DeLay is elected House Majority Whip and implements systematic lobbying control mechanisms. DeLay creates the notorious ‘friendly/unfriendly’ PAC classification system, maintaining a notebook tracking which of the 400 largest PACs contribute to …

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