Jeff Birnbaum

Articles by Jeff Birnbaum

Mortgage Lobby Replaces President (July 23, 2008)

Why BlackBerry When You Can Take the Bus? (July 22, 2008)

Freddie Mac Paves Way For Major Stock Sale (July 19, 2008)

Mortgage Giants' Aid Faces GOP Skepticism (July 16, 2008)

The Sector Where the Energy Is (July 15, 2008)

Despite Lifelines, Concerns Linger on Mortgage Giants (July 15, 2008)

Government May Aid Mortgage Giants (July 14, 2008)

U.S. Unveils Plan to Aid Mortgage Giants (July 14, 2008)

Freddie Mac's Next Hurdle: Raise Cash (July 13, 2008)

U.S. Weighs Rescue of Mortgage Giants (July 12, 2008)

Fannie, Freddie Shares Plunge as Unease Rises (July 11, 2008)

Disclosure Form Makes It Hard for Lobbyists to Disclose (July 8, 2008)

Push for New Accounting Standards Gains Speed (July 8, 2008)

The Cold Calls Behind Those Personal Letters to Congress (July 1, 2008)

Beer Buyout Battle Spills To the Hill (June 28, 2008)

Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate (June 28, 2008)

Vital Part of Housing Bill Is Brainchild of Banks (June 25, 2008)

A House Seat Won, a House Lost, and a House Leader Divided (June 24, 2008)

Wall Street Lobbies to Protect Speculative Oil Trades (June 19, 2008)

Radio Merger Under Fire From Black Lawmakers (June 17, 2008)

Lobbying's Good Guys? On the Campaign Trail, They're Invisible. (June 10, 2008)

Lawmakers Seek Shortcut In Negotiating Housing Bill (June 7, 2008)

Is There Life After Earmarks? (June 3, 2008)

Big Bank Brings In a Face From the Clinton Administration (May 27, 2008)

McCain's Rules on Lobbying Face Test (May 23, 2008)

McCain Adviser's Work As Lobbyist Criticized (May 22, 2008)

For Campaign Contributions by the Wheelbarrow, the Back Door Is Open (May 20, 2008)

Seats of Power: A Return to Skybox Lobbying? (May 14, 2008)

Senate Talks Collapse On a Housing Bill (May 13, 2008)

Companies Start to Lift Veil on Political Spending (May 13, 2008)

Convention Chief Resigns Over His Firm's Work for Burma (May 11, 2008)

Oil Lobby Reaches Out to Citizens Peeved at the Pump (May 9, 2008)

Builder Group Resumes Campaign Contributions (May 6, 2008)

A Living, Breathing Lobby (May 6, 2008)

An Extra Year Before He's the Retirees' Retiree (May 6, 2008)

Rescue Plan Leads Housing Package (May 2, 2008)

Friends of the Earmark Make Themselves Heard (April 29, 2008)

Effort to Rein In Fannie, Freddie Gains Steam (April 23, 2008)

Breaking the 'Be Nice' Rule in the Energy Family (April 22, 2008)

Insurers Are At Odds Over Paulson Plan (April 19, 2008)

Maybe Just Name the Building's Lobby After Her? (April 15, 2008)

Immunity Plan for Banks Loses Backer (April 12, 2008)

Main St. Fighting Treasury Blueprint (April 11, 2008)

Firms Battle States Over Taxation Without Location (April 8, 2008)

Housing Crisis Hits Its Own (April 6, 2008)

'Wynn-Win' for K Street, Loss for the Public? (April 1, 2008)

Opposition To Treasury's Blueprint Gains Steam (April 1, 2008)

Wynn Decides to Leave Congress Months Before His Term Expires (March 28, 2008)

Paulson Wants to Tighten Reins on Investment Banks (March 27, 2008)

Storm Brews Over Adding Wind Coverage to Federal Flood Program (March 25, 2008)

Democrats, Bush Square Off Over Housing Relief (March 20, 2008)

New Pro-Gun Group Hopes to Draw From the NRA (March 18, 2008)

Plan Aims to Restore Faith in the Economy (March 14, 2008)

Drug Firms Woo Democrats, Helping Defeat Their Bills (March 12, 2008)

House Floats Idea for Fish Inspections, but No One Is Biting (March 11, 2008)

This Year's Stimulus Rebate Is One Incentive to Finish Filing (March 9, 2008)

A Measure to Ease Mortgage Rules? Not So Fast, Critics Say. (March 4, 2008)

Campaign Contributions Nearly Double Old Record (February 26, 2008)

McCain Disputed On 1999 Meeting (February 23, 2008)

Lenders Fighting Mortgage Rewrite (February 22, 2008)

The Anti-Lobbyist, Advised by Lobbyists (February 22, 2008)

McCain's Ties To Lobbyist Worried Aides (February 21, 2008)

Common Cause, Washington Monthly Explore a Common Future (February 19, 2008)

Mickey Goes to Washington (February 17, 2008)

Home Builders Halt Campaign Funds After Setback (February 14, 2008)

Lawmakers Move to Grant Banks Immunity Against Patent Lawsuit (February 14, 2008)

Honor Bound? (February 12, 2008)

Microsoft, Google Come Out Lobbying (February 5, 2008)

Lobbyists Hug High-Tech Hub (February 5, 2008)

On Campaign Trail, Lobbies Spend Big but Gain Little (February 4, 2008)

The Money's Coming, But Where's It Going? (January 29, 2008)

Aide Helped Controversial Russian Meet McCain (January 25, 2008)

As Congress Talks Stimulus, Labor Leaders Worry They Won't Have a Voice (January 22, 2008)

Conflicting Interests Present Hurdles to Stimulus Package (January 17, 2008)

J.P. Morgan Executive Named CEO of Lobby for Securities Traders (January 17, 2008)

J.P. Morgan Executive In Line for Lobby Job (January 16, 2008)

Suit Could Threaten Practice of Taking Clients to Next Firm (January 15, 2008)

Hedge Fund Lobby Courting Rep. Baker (January 5, 2008)

A Look Back at the Year's Winners and Losers (January 1, 2008)

McCain's Unlikely Ties to K Street (December 31, 2007)

AMT Patch To Delay Tax Filings By 1 Month (December 28, 2007)

A Tip of the Santa Hat to the Givers of Gucci Gulch (December 25, 2007)

Patch Approved For Alternative Minimum Tax (December 20, 2007)

At the Tower of Barbour, Adjusting That Rightward Tilt (December 18, 2007)

Clinton Library Got Funds From Abroad (December 15, 2007)

In the Course of Human Events, Still Unpublished (December 15, 2007)

Guns Drawn on K Street After Video Game Survey (December 11, 2007)

For Bush, a Political Calculus in Forging Ahead on Mortgage Aid (December 8, 2007)

Senate Waives Pledge, Approves Tax Bill (December 7, 2007)

In Shift, Dingell Steered Toward Fuel Standard (December 6, 2007)

Tax to Offset AMT Patch Appears Unlikely (December 5, 2007)

Engler Isn't Angling for Criticism (December 4, 2007)

A Case of Trial Lawyers v. Trial Lawyers (November 30, 2007)

Lott-Breaux Partnership Is Possible (November 29, 2007)

FCC Chief Still Standing, if on Shifting Ground (November 29, 2007)

Ads of Steel -- Results After Just Moments a Day (November 27, 2007)

Thompson Has Tax Plan, But Griping Steals Show (November 26, 2007)

Constituents' E-Mail on XM Deal Not Well Received (November 22, 2007)

A Call to Advocacy for Nonprofits (November 20, 2007)

Musharraf Makeover Proves Too Much for One Lobby Firm (November 13, 2007)

Four Proposals Try to Tap One Fund of Oil Fees (November 8, 2007)

Bill Would Limit IRS's Reach in Virgin Islands (November 7, 2007)

A Tax Break for Legislators, Whether 'On the Job' or 'Working' (November 6, 2007)

House Panel Backs Tax Measure Offering Breaks for Middle Class (November 2, 2007)

Candidate to Run IRS Emerges (November 1, 2007)

Former Gun Lobbyist Says NRA Aims Mostly for Money (October 30, 2007)

Democrat Proposes Overhaul Of Taxes (October 26, 2007)

Paulson Seeks 'Patch' For AMT (October 24, 2007)

Seeing the Ethics Rules, and Raising an Exception (October 23, 2007)

Lawmakers Shudder at Tax Increase To Fix AMT (October 18, 2007)

Lobby Group's 'No Dough' Strategy Stops at Executives' Doors (October 16, 2007)

Getting Out of the Mortgage Squeeze (October 15, 2007)

'Distinguished Gentleman, May I Have Her Hand . . .?' (October 9, 2007)

Buyout Firms to Avoid a Tax Hike (October 9, 2007)

Tax-Cut Supporters Ready for 'World Series of Lobbying' (October 2, 2007)

Tech Industry Builds Lobbying Machine for Patent Fight (September 25, 2007)

Carlyle Group Hires Its First In-House Lobbyist (September 19, 2007)

Health Insurance Industry Looks to Senior Lobbyists (September 18, 2007)

Taking the Hill By Air and Ground (September 14, 2007)

How Outgunned Broadcom Won a Major Cellphone Battle (September 11, 2007)

Pet Projects' Veil Is Only Partly Lifted (September 9, 2007)

More Opposed to Equity Tax Plan (September 7, 2007)

Senators Cautious On Plan for Equity Tax (September 4, 2007)

A Steadfast Force in Dislodging Money From Politics (August 28, 2007)

Proposals From the Stump (August 23, 2007)

FAA Chief To Become Aerospace Lobbyist (August 22, 2007)

Wall Street Paying High Price to Keep Cash (August 21, 2007)

Convention Party Favors Include Face Time (August 14, 2007)

Congressman, It's (Still) on Us: The Ethics Law's Many Loopholes (August 14, 2007)

Wall Street's Lucrative Tax Break Is Under Fire (August 3, 2007)

For Gephardt, a New Career in Lobbying -- and a Lot More (July 31, 2007)

Bit Players XM, Sirius Hold A High-Stakes Merger Game (July 25, 2007)

Airline Lobbyist's Job Is a Dogfight (July 17, 2007)

Blackstone Denies Report It Avoided Tax (July 14, 2007)

Baucus Out to End Equity Firms' Break (July 12, 2007)

Lobbyists Try to Quell Frenzy Over Private-Equity Fund Tax (July 10, 2007)

Radio Royalties: Reprising Ol' Blue Eyes' Battle (July 3, 2007)

Lobbyist Built a Career On Unconventional Wisdom (June 26, 2007)

Veto Signals Start of a Risky Political Game (June 24, 2007)

Learning From Microsoft's Error, Google Builds a Lobbying Engine (June 20, 2007)

Hope for a Veterans Windfall Above All Hopes (June 19, 2007)

Thompson Will Take On Outsider Role After Playing Access Man (June 12, 2007)

Vista Limits Choices, Google Alleges (June 12, 2007)

For the Next Big Bout, Tune In to Channel 41/2 (June 5, 2007)

Saving Darfur, Multiple Steps at a Time (June 1, 2007)

His New Lobbying Job Looks a Lot Like His Old Treasury One (May 29, 2007)

In the Democratic Congress, Pork Still Gets Served (May 24, 2007)

Sallie Mae Forced Out CEO, Say Sources (May 23, 2007)

Johns Hopkins Aid Official Resigns (May 22, 2007)

Lawmakers Feel the Pull of Future Paychecks (May 22, 2007)

Lobby's Co-CEO Quit After Probe (May 17, 2007)

It's a Good Time to Be The Hill's Mr. Ethanol (May 15, 2007)

President's Dinner? Bring the Lettuce. (May 11, 2007)

Fruit and Vegetable Growers Hope to Harvest More From Farm Bill (May 8, 2007)

'The Other K Street' (May 7, 2007)

Why the Nation's Richest Man Is Looking for Government Money (May 1, 2007)

On Issues From Medicare to Medication, AARP's Money Will Be There (April 24, 2007)

Detroit Faces Bipartisan Fire Over Fuel Economy (April 24, 2007)

Lobbyists Profit From Power Shift In Congress (April 23, 2007)

Aiming to Free Sallie Mae From Red Tape (April 19, 2007)

Democrats Wary Of Tightening Laws (April 18, 2007)

The Dissident Who Remade Sallie Mae (April 17, 2007)

To Conceal Donors, Some Political Groups Look to the Tax Code (April 17, 2007)

Chemical Makers and Trial Lawyers Square Off Over Iraq Spending Bill (April 10, 2007)

Wal-Mart, the Democrats' New Friend (April 3, 2007)

Fighting on Two Fronts (April 2, 2007)

Wall St. Lobbying Group Ends Joint Leadership (March 30, 2007)

Soldier of a Revolution (March 27, 2007)

Lobbying Is Lucrative. Sometimes Very, Very Lucrative. (March 27, 2007)

Retailers, Credit Card Companies Quibble Over Footing the Bill (March 20, 2007)

New Math on Hill, Scramble on K Street (March 13, 2007)

Podesta, Livingston Look for Balance, Brawn in New Partnership (March 13, 2007)

Lobbying Bill Sparks Populist Uprising -- on Both Sides (March 6, 2007)

Insurers Prepare a Battle Strategy to Protect a Key Exemption (February 27, 2007)

Democrats Offer Up Chairmen For Donors (February 24, 2007)

Is Citgo Program for Poor, or for Ch?vez? (February 24, 2007)

XM-Sirius Merger Hinges on FCC Ownership Rule (February 21, 2007)

A Few Degrees of Separation From Hillary Clinton's Top Adviser (February 20, 2007)

The Banker's Candidate (February 16, 2007)

When House Changed Rules for Travel, He Lobbied for the Lobbyists (February 13, 2007)

Hedge Funds Begin to Show Up on Regulators' Radar (February 9, 2007)

Clinton Fundraising Goes Full Force (February 7, 2007)

Probe Amplifies Conflict-of-Interest Questions for Chamber of Commerce Chief (February 6, 2007)

The Humane Society Becomes a Political Animal (January 30, 2007)

Consistently Conservative Small-Business Lobby Reaches Out to Democrats (January 23, 2007)

Senate Passes Ethics Package (January 19, 2007)

Senate Panel Limits Pay Deferrals for Executives (January 18, 2007)

Senators To Target Executive Benefit (January 17, 2007)

The Hill's Revolving-Door Rules Don't Work in Both Directions (January 16, 2007)

Public Safety and Profit: On the Same Wavelength? (January 9, 2007)

House Democrats Prepare To Tighten Lobbyist Rules (January 4, 2007)

NRA Sounds Alarm of Not-So-Imminent Threat (January 2, 2007)

Ford's Economic Record Belies His Reputation (December 28, 2006)

Private Funds Prepare To Lobby (December 27, 2006)

Lobbyists' Good Deeds (Really) (December 25, 2006)

Last-Minute Lawmaking by Hastert, Reid (December 16, 2006)

Former Aides To Congress Switch Sides for Upcoming Probes (December 11, 2006)

GOP Lawmakers Add Provision to Passing Tax Package (December 11, 2006)

Possible Leak to Lobbyists Gets Attention of the SEC (December 9, 2006)

Liberal Coalition Eyes First Hundred Hours (December 6, 2006)

Several Democrats Interested In Kentucky Governor's Race (December 3, 2006)

Treasury Undersecretary's Dual Roles Raise Questions (December 1, 2006)

Merger of Wall Street Groups Creates a Lobbying Powerhouse (November 27, 2006)

Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street (November 23, 2006)

Don't Cry for Republican Lobbyists (November 13, 2006)

Bush Promises He Will Work With Senate Democrats (November 11, 2006)

Results Give Clinton and McCain Food for Thought on the Future (November 9, 2006)

Early Night for Poll Watchers? (November 7, 2006)

Scandals Alone Could Cost Republicans Their House Majority (November 2, 2006)

House Democrats Propose More Spending for Military and Education (November 1, 2006)

Lobbyists Won't Like What Pelosi Has in Mind (October 30, 2006)

GOP Retains Cash Edge Over Resurgent Democrats (October 28, 2006)

Wave of Change Expected on Election Day (October 24, 2006)

Democrats Approach Nov. 7 With a Surge in Fundraising (October 20, 2006)

In Close House Races, GOP Incumbents Hold Advantage in Funds (October 17, 2006)

To Predict Losers In a Power Shift, Follow the Money (October 16, 2006)

Candidates Taking Aim at Lobbyists (October 15, 2006)

Reid Land Deal Under Scrutiny (October 12, 2006)

Outside Groups Shoveling Cash Into Tight Races (October 3, 2006)

Study Finds Missed Messages On Capitol Hill (October 2, 2006)

Challenger Seeks Probe of Rep. Foley's E-Mails to Boy, 16 (September 29, 2006)

Lobbyists' Power Wanes as Election Day Nears (September 24, 2006)

Support for Electronic Filing of Senate Candidates' Campaign-Finance Records Gains Momentum (September 18, 2006)

House Votes To Disclose Earmarks (September 15, 2006)

Washington's Once And Future Lobby (September 10, 2006)

'Mortgage Moms' May Star in Midterm Vote (September 5, 2006)

NRA Finds A Welcome Audience at State Level (September 4, 2006)

Sen. Clinton Delays AIDS Law's Renewal, Citing Cut in N.Y. Funds (August 23, 2006)

Targeting Likely Advocates With Web Ads (August 21, 2006)

Democrats' Stock Is Rising on K Street (August 17, 2006)

Number of Black Lobbyists Remains Shockingly Low (August 7, 2006)

Challenger to Mollohan Revises Biographical Data on Education, War Service (August 4, 2006)

An Estate Tax Twist Reverses Party Roles On Minimum Wage (August 3, 2006)

Tax Shelters Saved Billionaires a Bundle (August 1, 2006)

A Rallying Cry for Democratic Populism (July 31, 2006)

Congress to Adopt Scaled-Down Rules on Lobbying (July 28, 2006)

Oregon Senator Wants to Take On the Burden of Fixing the Tax Code (July 24, 2006)

Lawmaker Criticized for PAC Fees Paid to Wife (July 11, 2006)

$2 Million Payment to Former Lobbyist Raises Eyebrows (July 10, 2006)