This week on The Lobby I discuss <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/lobby_firm_patton_bogg_s_to_throw_romney_fundraiser'>Patton Boggs</a>, a major DC lobby firm hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the concept of<a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/_grassroots_lobbying_according_to_the_tobacco_institute'> "grassroots lobbying" </a>a court decision upholding the 2009 measure by President Obama <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/court_upholds_lobbyist_ban_for_government_agencies'>disallowing lobbyists to site on government advisory panels </a>and my home town being over run with <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/the_energy_lobbyists_in_british_columbia'>lobbyists for the natural gas industry.</a>

<description>This week on The Lobby I discuss &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/lobby_firm_patton_bogg_s_to_throw_romney_fundraiser'&gt;Patton Boggs&lt;/a&gt;, a major DC lobby firm hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the concept of&lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/_grassroots_lobbying_according_to_the_tobacco_institute'&gt; "grassroots lobbying" &lt;/a&gt;a court decision upholding the 2009 measure by President Obama &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/court_upholds_lobbyist_ban_for_government_agencies'&gt;disallowing lobbyists to site on government advisory panels &lt;/a&gt;and my home town being over run with &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/the_energy_lobbyists_in_british_columbia'&gt;lobbyists for the natural gas industry.&lt;/a&gt;</description>

This week on The Lobby I discuss Patton Boggs, a major DC lobby firm hosting a fundraiser for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the concept of "grassroots lobbying" a court decision upholding the 2009 measure by President Obama disallowing lobbyists to site on government advisory panels and my home town being over run with lobbyists for the natural gas industry.

The Lobby - 09/08/2013: Patton Boggs and Romney, Grassroots Lobbying and Fracking 

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This week host <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/leadership'>Kevin Grandia</a> talks about the modern day <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/who_is_the_face_of_the_modern_day_tobacco_lobby'>US tobacco lobby,</a> the<a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/even_some_democrats_are_loving_the_koch'> Koch Brothers</a> and the <a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/the_lobbyists_behind_the_keystone_xl_pipeline'>Keystone XL Pipeline. </a>

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<description>This is The Lobby - a podcast on the most powerful people you have never heard of. 

This week host &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/leadership'&gt;Kevin Grandia&lt;/a&gt; talks about the modern day &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/who_is_the_face_of_the_modern_day_tobacco_lobby'&gt;US tobacco lobby,&lt;/a&gt; the&lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/even_some_democrats_are_loving_the_koch'&gt; Koch Brothers&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/the_lobbyists_behind_the_keystone_xl_pipeline'&gt;Keystone XL Pipeline. &lt;/a&gt;

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This is a project of the &lt;a href='http://www.definedemocracy.org/'&gt;Center for Democracy in Government.&lt;/a&gt;</description>

This is The Lobby - a podcast on the most powerful people you have never heard of. 

This week host Kevin Grandia talks about the modern day US tobacco lobby, the Koch Brothers and the Keystone XL Pipeline. 

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