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Showing videos filed under: lobbyists
Got Docs: The Best Government Money can Buy
November 6, 2010We've talked a lot here about the influence of Citizens United on our elections, but now that the election is over most of that corporate cash will be going to influence Congress through lobbyists--there are an average of 26 of them per member of Congress! With the cost of elections skyrocketing, Francis Megahy's documentary The Best Government Money Can Buy, an investigation into the secret world of Washington lobbyists. This look at the influence of lobbyists on the decisions the government makes couldn't be more timely.Robert Scheer, The Loaded Chamber, and Lobbyists
November 5, 2010"Wall Street was blackmailing us," says Robert Scheer of the bank bailouts, "And we got nothing in return." It's not news to any viewers of GRITtv that Wall Street's tentacles ran throughout our election, but now that the election is over, we turn again to the running of government.Canvassing K Street
May 19, 2010After abysmal coverage of the massive labor protests against the Washington Lobbyist stronghold on K Street one of the protestors tweeted, “maybe you have to serve tea to get noticed.”Ed Ott: Where Does the Power Lie?
May 18, 2010Even though today is the most important primary election day of the year, a slough labor protestors has invaded K Street to protest lobbying efforts against the banks as detracting attention from the actual state of the American peopleEd Ott, Developing Haiti?, and Car Bombings in Kabul
May 18, 2010Labor correspondent and executive director of the New York City Central Labor Council, Ed Ott joins us in the studio to discuss why Americans are so angry, how the outcomes of the primaries could affect these issues, and ask where the power really lies. After abysmal coverage of the massive labor protests against the Washington Lobbyist stronghold on K Street one of the protestors tweeted, “maybe you have to serve tea to get noticed.Alex Gibney and Bob Ney: Casino Jack & Corruption in Congress
May 5, 2010Get the money out of Washington. It's an ongoing refrain now, from the left and even from those in the Tea Party movement. Too much corruption, too little trust. Jack Abramoff, the superstar lobbyist whose spectacular fall brought down then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was the very public face of the problem of lobbying when he headed off to jail, and he is the subject of Alex Gibney's newest documentary, Casino Jack and the United States of Money.Alex Gibney & Bob Ney, Richard Trumka, and Treme
May 4, 2010Get the money out of Washington. It's an ongoing refrain now, from the left and even from those in the Tea Party movement. Too much corruption, too little trust. Jack Abramoff, the superstar lobbyist whose spectacular fall brought down then-Majority Leader Tom DeLay, was the very public face of the problem of lobbying when he headed off to jail, and he is the subject of Alex Gibney's newest documentary, Casino Jack and the United States of Money.Sen. Bernie Sanders: Not Far Enough on Financial Regulation
April 29, 2010Republicans might have dropped their filibuster and agreed to allow a debate on financial reform, but with the amount of money that Wall Street firms have sunk into both Republicans and Democrats, does it make a difference? And what kind of reform do we really need, anyway?Bernie Sanders, BP Oil Spill, and Kathleen Chalfant
April 29, 2010Republicans might have dropped their filibuster and agreed to allow a debate on financial reform, but with the amount of money that Wall Street firms have sunk into both Republicans and Democrats, does it make a difference? And what kind of reform do we really need, anyway?The Week in News With Lizz Winstead and Danny Schechter
April 16, 2010Is the economy coming back--or is our debt going to sink us? Are people who don't pay taxes this year just freeloading? Did Virginia's governor really forget that slavery was a big part of the Civil war? Who's fact-checking the news, and what about that WikiLeaks tape, anyway?
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