Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
The establishment has trillions of dollars at stake in this election [2016]. As an example, just one single trade deal they'd like… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If a lobbyist sets up shop, or a lawyer, in which they're receiving income through what is something like a tax loophole… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
Lobbyists in Washington are making six figure salaries selling our government out to the corporate interests and we just sit and smile… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
There are only three ways a congressman goes out: They die in office, they cash in as a lobbyist, or they mistakenly… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
When I tell somebody to do something I'm not going to get a lobbyist calling me the next day to say please… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
What our economy needs is direct job creation by the government and mortgage-debt relief for stressed consumers. What it very much does… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
Pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power and there's very little bidding on… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Today the game is rigged—rigged to work for those who have money and power. Big corporations hire armies of lobbyists to get… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“The wealthy exert a commanding influence over the state through virtually unlimited political campaign contributions, armies of lobbyists, the revolving door that… — David A. Nibert Copy Share Image
It's time for me to give out an award to newly elected Majority Leader John Boehner. Mr. Boehner was elected just a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
...The ACS raised over $180 million last year through its network of 58 Divisions and 3,000 local Chapters. The Society's major public… — Michael F. Jacobson Copy Share Image
The corporations have become our government. They're not just influential. Department by department, you name it, they put their people in high… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
The politicians in America are all taken over by the lobbyists. I really believe the lobbyists keep them shut up because China… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Those who do not know the plans of competitors cannot prepare alliances. Those who do not know the lay of the land… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the… — John Linder Copy Share Image
The corporations who invest in lobbyists, it pays in terms of tax loopholes, tax subsidies, all the rest. It pays. Clearly, the… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
The lobbyists, the special interests, the special pleaders, if you will, the super PACs the billionaires, these people are apoplectic about the… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
Here's a guy [Marco Rubio] - here's a guy that buys a house for $179,000, he sells it to a lobbyist who's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
While Hillary Clinton meets only with donors and lobbyists, my plan was crafted with the input from Federal Immigration offices, very great… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being… — Erin McKeown Copy Share Image
I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok. — Dick Gephardt Copy Share Image
I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're… — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image
Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lobbyists and special interests continue to take advantage of loopholes that allow them to host lavish receptions and pay for trips for… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
Instead of like giving into lobbyists or agendas, I just like do whatever's good for the American people. It sounds like it… — MrBeast Copy Share Image
Global poverty is the product of reversible policy failures overseen by politicians, past and present. The poorest of the poor don't vote… — Hugh Evans Copy Share Image
When I go up there, I see coal lobbyists, oil lobbyists, natural gas lobbyists, nuclear power lobbyists, somehow they think that's where… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image