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Tag: Lobbyists

NRA takes its “no-gun-restrictions-ever” argument to the United Nations

March 25, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, International, Politics, Public safety, War Leave a comment

Apparently, the National Rifle Association isn’t content merely to enforce its no-gun-restriction marketing strategy on Americans. [Notice that I’m not calling it an ideology.

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Which “freedoms” are legislators protecting?

February 1, 2013 Mary Clemons Civil Rights, Government, Guns, Health care, Labor and unions, Missouri region, Politics, States 2 comments

“We’ve trended toward more freedoms for law-abiding citizens.” That’s how Missouri State Senator Brian Munzlinger recently described the outlook of the Missouri legislature. I

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Get re-elected. Resign immediately. Go to work for a lobbying group. Repeat.

January 17, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Congress, Ethics, Politics, States Leave a comment

Political manipulation and cynicism hit a new low in December 2012, when, just 30 days after being re-elected, Jo Ann Emerson, the  ten-term Congressperson

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Wising up to ALEC: better late than never

July 28, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Corporations, Politics One comment

A new website—ALEC Exposed—is shedding much-needed light on the politically conservative American Legislative Exchange Council [ALEC]. Launched on July 13, 2011 by the Center

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