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Political Influencers: Latest News

The Revolving Door: The firm, Squire Patton Boggs, hired Katie Novaria from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce as an adviser in its public policy practice. She served most recently as professional staff to the subcommittee on Health. "We've had great success in passing a number of important laws to improve the public health, and a majority have Katie’s fingerprints on them," Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said in a statement. Novaria previously worked for Upton and Congressman Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.) . Pledge Plea: Eighteen organizations, including Common Cause and Public Citizen, want the presidential candidates to commit not to appoint financial oversight officials who have a "government service golden parachute" and to require financial regulators to recuse themselves from matters affecting previous employers or clients. New PAC Registrations: Leaders for Liberty PAC (Independent expenditure-only committee — u...

List of Healthcare Industry Contributions to Members of Congress

The influence of the vast health care industry — doctors, pharmaceutical companies, insurers and others — will be brought to bear in any overhaul of the health care system, as it was in the shaping of the Affordable Care Act in 2009. And that industry is a big player in money-in-politics. OpenSecrets.org compiled a record of how much the healthcare industry has contributed to the PACs and campaign committees of members of Congress. Amounts range from a few thousand to several million (Mitch McConnell). View the list -

Brooklyn Neighbors Show How to Make Your Own Electric Grid

Politico's Debra Bruno reports: New York state allows electricity consumers to use their own solar panels to supply their electricity, but any power produced that the customer doesn’t use feeds back into the larger grid, with consumers being paid for those kilowatt hours. A microgrid system the Brooklyn -based LO3 Energy has devised would essentially cut out the middleman, using a phone app and smart meters to enable neighbors to strike deals for how much electricity they want to buy from one another and at what price. The technology that makes this possible, Santiago explained to Guerra, is blockchain, the same secure information exchange that makes bitcoin trading possible. Read full article -

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