Labor groups descend on K Street to protest Wall Street lobby

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http://thehill.com/homenews/news/98217-labor-groups-descend-on-k-street-to-protest-wall-street-lobby-

Roughly 1,000 protesters organized by labor groups marched in Washington on Monday to demonstrate against Wall Street’s lobbyists.
Roughly 1,000 protesters organized by labor groups blocked traffic and marched in the streets of Washington on Monday to demonstrate against Wall Street’s lobbyists.

A chief aim of the group was to highlight the fact that Wall Street firms have spent more than $1.3 million a day to fight the legislation headed for a vote in the Senate this week. More than 1,500 lobbyists have been hired to weaken the bill’s provisions, according to labor groups.

Monday’s protest centered on K Street, where several of the lobbying shops hired by the Wall Street firms are located.

Lobbyists working for Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo/Wachovia were the primary targets of the march led by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler.



Activists Brave Rain, Tell K Street Lobbyists: ‘We’re the Face of Democracy’
http://blog.aflcio.org/2010/05/17/activists-brave-rain-tell-k-street-lobbyists-were-the-face-of-democracy/





'Anti-K Street' protest snarls traffic in downtown Washington
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/17/AR2010051702537.html

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1. No coverage on M$Greedia

Guess they weren't teabaggers.

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2. K & R

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3. I was just thinking

that lobbyists are mainly a faceless crowd. We need to get their faces out in the light of day and who they represent. Maybe a deck of cards similar to the ones used in Iraq. Just a thought.

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4. And I have no reason to doubt it isn't more....

..."Wall Street firms have spent more than $1.3 million a day to fight the legislation headed for a vote in the Senate this week. More than 1,500 lobbyists have been hired to weaken the bill’s provisions, according to labor groups."


Of the People, By the People, For the Corporations

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5. Spitzer is showing this now on Ratigan

Excellent coverage. Bravo Eliot.

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6. K/R