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Ken Kies

June 2007 – Washingtonian.
Hired Guns. Their weapons now are Blackberries and cell phones. But connections, savvy, and fundraising clout are still the keys to the influence wielded by the city's 50 top lobbyists…
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September 29, 1998 – The New York Times.
The Business of Persuasion Thrives in Nation's Capital. While the rest of Washington was obsessing over the President's sex scandal, Mr. Andrews and dozens of other business lobbyists were working on bankruptcy legislation that passed the Senate on Wednesday…
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September 29, 1997 – Fortune.
Washington's Most Dangerous Bureaucrats. If you thought Uncle Sam was lightening up, think again. Regulators and mandaters are alive and well along the Potomac. And horrors! Some are even Republicans…
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October 1989 – Business Month.
The Great Cellular Caper. They may not know it yet. But those high-stepping executives with cellular phones cupped to their ears, racing through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, stalled on the freeways of Los Angeles, or lifting off from New York's 34th Street Heliport, were badly burned last July…
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John Godfrey

January 24, 2008 – Dow Jones Newswires.
Dow Jones first to report deal reached on U.S. Economic Stimulus Plan. On Thursday, Jan 24, Dow Jones Newswires Capitol Hill reporter John Godfrey was first to reveal a deal had been reached between congressional leaders and the Bush administration on the $150 billion package of tax rebates, business tax incentives and housing relief that has been a dominant story in Washington in 2008…
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Ken Kies

May 2009 – Tax Notes.
The Obama Budget, 2019, and the Impending Fiscal Nuclear Winter. You have read this story before. More than likely, you have read it so often that while the conclusion holds the same fascination as a roadside car wreck, you have become just as detached as if you were driving past…
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July 2008 – Developments OP-ED.
The Rising Storm. The silver tsunami of retiring baby boomers officially began last fall and because the United States has not prepared, we could soon face the greatest realignment of fiscal policy in the nation’s history…
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September 10, 2007 – Tax Notes.
A Perfect Experiment: ‘Deferral’ And the U.S. Shipping Industry. A great body of academic and think-tank literature has discussed the impact on the domestic economy of our tax law's general rule of 'deferral,' that is, the principle under which U.S. multinational corporations are not taxed on overseas profits until those amounts are brought back to the United States…
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June 28, 2006 – The Wall Street Journal.
Our Taxed Expats. Suppose you are trying to come up with ways to change U.S. tax law to make American business less competitive in the global economy…
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February 28, 2005 – Tax Notes.
A Perfectly Good Model for Social Security Reform. White House officials have stressed that President Bush has not settled on all the specifics of a Social Security reform proposal…
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Matt Dolan

April 27, 2007 – Around the Hill Insert.
Tax Reform Languishes as Politicians Play "Gotcha." In what is certainly the least welcome rite of Spring, over 150 million Americans scrambled in recent weeks to meet the April 17th federal income tax filing deadline…
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April 20, 2007 – Around the Hill Insert.
Governors Uncharacteristically Lag Behind in 2008 Race. The 2008 race for president will be, as many commentators have noted, the most wide open in at least 50 years…
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March 2, 2007 – Around the Hill Insert.
Washington Agenda Increasingly Shaped by Forces Beyond Our Borders. Economic markets, and policy makers in Washington, were doused with cold water on Tuesday when stock exchange indices around the world plunged sharply…
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John Godfrey

December 4, 2007 – Dow Jones Factiva.
US Treasury Secretary Paulson Backs Fannie Loan Limit Hike – Senators. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson endorsed an increase in loan limits for Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) in a meeting Tuesday morning with the Senate Finance Committee, according to senators who attended…
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October 19, 2007 – Dow Jones Factiva.
2nd UPDATE: Fate Unclear For Telecom Wiretap Immunity Bill. The fate of U.S. Senate legislation giving telephone companies immunity for their role in President George W. Bush's warrantless eavesdropping program remains unclear…
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September 6, 2007 – Dow Jones Factiva.
Bill to Boost Student Aid, Cut Lender Subsidies. Congressional Democrats announced a deal last night that would cut student-lender subsidies by more than 70% to offset the cost of $20 billion in new student aid…
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