Individuals can choose whether to join associations, donate to advocacy groups or hire lobbyists to represent their views.

Even before Jack Abramoff pled guilty to bribery, both houses of Congress were promising lobby reform. That was then; this is now. The Senate has shelved its version, and the House proposal does not ...

The American Hospital Association spent $4.2 million on lobbying in the second quarter of 2010, up from $3.7 million in the first quarter of the year, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Carlos Gimenez vowed to create more transparency about lobbying. During the 2011 campaign, Gimenez signed a pledge vowing several reforms by Norman Braman, the wealthy auto magnate who led the recall ...

WASHINGTON -- When the Democrats announced their "me, too" congressional ethics reform package last week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton stood at the edge of the scrum, almost out of camera range. Maybe ...

Today, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan urged state leaders to move auditing California’s influence industry to the top of their to-do list after a fresh investigation revealed regulators have conducted ...