Lobbying-Control

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, …

Tom DeLay Newt Gingrich Dave McCurdy Bill Paxon Electronic Industries Alliance +2 more regulatory-capture corporate-coercion political-blacklisting lobbying-control partisan-infrastructure

K Street Project Launch - Systematic Republican Lobbying Control

1995-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Grover Norquist officially launched the K Street Project, a systematic effort to pressure Washington lobbying firms to hire Republicans in top positions and reward loyal GOP lobbyists with access to influential officials. Gingrich deputized Majority Whip Tom DeLay to …

Newt Gingrich Tom DeLay Grover Norquist regulatory-capture lobbying-control pay-to-play systematic-corruption