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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has resigned as a national co-chairman of Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign to lobby for Wall Street. He has also ruled out a run for governor or Senate in Minnesota in 2014....

Pakistan's Washington lobbyists have launched an intense campaign on Capitol Hill to counter accusations that Islamabad was complicit in giving refuge to Osama bin Laden.

The owner of Alabama's largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying in an effort to get a bill passed that would have legalized electronic bingo in the state.

Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama's health care law even as it prepares for plenty of new business when an estimated 32 million uninsured Americans gain health coverage.

Celebrities George Clooney and Oprah Winfrey and prominent lobbyists and fundraisers were among the first to visit the Obama White House, newly released records show.

The drug and insurance industries have dramatically amped up their efforts to lobby Congress, spending millions over a three-month ...

Glickman, the Hollywood studios' top lobbyist in Washington since taking over for Jack Valenti in 2004, will leave the Motion Picture Association of America when his contract ends next September.

Dan Glickman will step down as Hollywood's top lobbyist next year, leaving his post as chairman and chief executive of the Motion Picture Assn.

California regulators appear to be on track to pass the nation's first ban on energy-hungry, big-screen TVs, the Los Angeles Times reports. The newspaper says the influential lobby group Consumer Electronics Association appears to be losing the battle and is asking the California Energy Commission instead to let consumers decide on their own whether to buy the most energy-saving new models of LCD and plasma high-def TVs.

The financial sector ranks just behind the health industry in lobbying Congress this year: $223 million has been spent to influence financial reform efforts, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

But Politico reports that the lobbying frenzy over "re-regulation" efforts is just beginning.

A plan to bring editors and lobbyists to the publisher’s home brought a critical reaction from the newsroom.