The Washington Post reported on July 5th that FedEx and UPS are “engaged in one of the fiercest lobbying battles in recent memory, with millions of dollars spent on advertising, Web sites, grass-roots organizing and other tactics.” And what are they fighting over? Dan Eggan explains:

An obscure, 230-word provision that would require FedEx Express to comply with the same labor laws as UPS, making it easier for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and other unions to organize.

Fair enough. But why would FedEx care if federal law changed to make it easier for big labor to unionize their workforce? Eggan … Continue Reading

The Washington Post’s Dan Eggan reported on April 25th:

Many top Wall Street firms, including J.P. Morgan Chase and beleaguered Goldman Sachs, have also ramped up campaign contributions to Republican lawmakers who have united to oppose the bill.
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Although Obama and other Democrats held the edge on Wall Street fundraising during the 2008 election cycle, the political action committees for major banks and financial services companies have dramatically shifted their giving toward Republicans in recent months, data show. Goldman’s PAC, for example, gave almost $300,000 to candidates and parties in March, nearly two-thirds of which went to the GOP.

This is a very … Continue Reading