The Democrats are having trouble passing convoluted and plainly imperfect health care and carbon control bills.

Barack Obama spelled out his positions on the issues during the campaign, but he is letting members of Congress do almost all the heavy lifting now that he is in office.

Lobbyists can help lawmakers understand how the words they write will affect "real Americans."

There is no reason why an ethics panel cannot bar members of Congressand staff from taking or soliciting contributions from lobbyists with business in front of them or their committees.

Post-September 11, nobody is paying attention to Congress, and lobbyists sense an opportunity to persuade the leadership of the House of Representatives.

On Feb. 15, Leslie Moonves, the brilliant CEO of CBS, gave a piece of good news to investors — there would be an addition to the bottom line in 2012 of about $190 million, thanks to huge spending on political commercials coming into the network and its owned and operated...

Gallup-poll date imply that the more lobbyists there are working in Washington, the lower will be Congress's approval.

Getting into a contest with President Obama over who is a better friend of business is not the winner some might think. The water will get very muddy very quickly if Romney campaigns on who is business' BFF, especially when you consider that one of the things Romney did at Bain Capital was take businesses apart.