Morgenson makes a decent case that lobbying money bought home builders huge sums of Federal money, that perhaps they didn't deserve. This piece needs comment by more sources.
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Kaizar Campwala
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I am the Associate Editor at NewsTrust, where I coordinate editorial and community activities on the site. Prior to joining NewsTrust, I was a communications technology consultant to the City of New York. I earned a A.B. from Brown University in Political Science, with a focus on American politics and public access to information.
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Kaizar posted this story - Nov 20, 2009
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Health-care reform is about more than covering more Americans and controlling costs. It’s also about quality. Repairing health care requires “delivery-system ... More »
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
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Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Kaizar posted this story - Nov 20, 2009
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Major Hasan's E-Mail: 'I Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife (Pending)
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 20, 2009
Kaizar posted this story - Nov 20, 2009
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Welcome to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. resetting its relationship with Karzai
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Kaizar posted this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
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The $100 Million Health Care Vote?
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Unfortunately, there's not a lot of depth to this interview. Merley mostly speaks in talking points and generalities.
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
This is an important story that shows a revolving door exists not just on the industry side of political lobbying, but also on the issue side. It's interesting that the author quotes a 'opposing' lobbyist, but didn't get comment from a liberal lobby reform advocate.
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
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Vehicle telemetry: Calling all cars
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
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Bats: The New Canary In The Coal Mine?
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
A sharper, and ultimately more insightful look at the Chamber of Commerce than offered by the linked NYTimes piece. Stier gives the specific example of corporate transparency as another issue where the Chamber has defended the short term interests of its membership over the interests of the American public.
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar posted this story - Nov 19, 2009
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Opinion: U.S. should stand against apartheid in Israel (Pending)
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Kaizar posted this story - Nov 19, 2009
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce is old-think | Cynthia Tucker (Pending)
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
This piece doesn't explain the original mandate behind recovery.org. Without knowing what was expected, it's hard to judge the failure.
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 19, 2009
Broder doesn't seem to know whether he was writing a profile of Donohue, or a piece about the role of the Chamber in DC. Unfortunately, this report doesn't give a full picture of either.
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Kaizar posted this story - Nov 18, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
Begins well in laying out what happened, and what possible scenarios are going forward regarding a global climate agreement. However, this piece then devolves into vague (lazy) warnings about the cost of delaying.
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Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
Kaizar posted and reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
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Senate to Put Off Climate Bill Until Spring
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
“They don’t have a deal until they get the coal-state senators, and they are a long way from doing it,” said Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.). “They’re going to ... More »
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Kaizar reviewed this story - Nov 18, 2009
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Derek,
You raise a very good question. The simple answer seems to be that key players (politicians, interest groups, Washington media) have already staked out their positions, and current debate isn’t about good policy, but rather who will compromise how much from their ... More »