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  1. Another renewable energy loan recipient hires lobbyists, has fundraising ties to Obama

    By Keenan Steiner Nov 30, 2011 3:26 p.m.

    Abound Solar, another participant in the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program, which is facing scrutiny, has hired Washington lobbyists because of that attention, a company spokesperson said.

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  2. Bush Era Visitor Logs Show Visits from Evangelicals, Conservatives and a Foreign Lobbyist

    By Luke Rosiak Sep 4, 2009 10:06 p.m.

    In addition to promising to release most White House visitor logs to the public, the Obama administration released nine pages of logs of former Vice President Dick Cheney's visitors and some 250 pages from George W. Bush's. The retroactive disclosures came in response to a lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which sought records of meetings with evangelical leaders and Stephen Payne, a lobbyist who allegedly sold a foreign leader access to Cheney in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars in "donations" to Bush's presidential library.

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