Authors: Peter Schweizer
Mitchell, George,
[>]
Molinari, Susan,
[>]
Mollohan, Alan,
[>]
“monitoring fees,”
[>]
Moran, Jim,
[>]
Mother Jones
(magazine),
[>]
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
MPAA.
See
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
“Mr. Cleanface,”
[>]
,
[>]
.
See also
Reid, Harry
“Mr. Plain English,”
[>]
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(film),
[>]
,
[>]
Mullins, Brody,
[>]
Murdoch, Rupert,
[>]
Murphy, Chris,
[>]
Murphy & McGonigle,
[>]
Myers, John,
[>]
Myrick, Sue,
[>]
Napolitano, Grace,
[>]
National Association of Broadcasters,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
National Association of Homebuilders,
[>]
National Association of Realtors,
[>]
National Cable and Telecommunications Association,
[>]
,
[>]
National Football League,
[>]
,
[>]
National Forensic Technology Center,
[>]
National Journal Daily
,
[>]
National Leadership PAC,
[>]
National Music Publishers Association,
[>]
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC),
[>]
.
See also
Republican Party
National Stripper Well Association,
[>]
National Telephone Cooperative Association,
[>]
NBC Universal,
[>]
Nevada,
[>]
–
[>]
.
See also
Reid, Harry
Nevada Gaming Commission,
[>]
–
[>]
New York City “mob tax,”
[>]
–
[>]
New York Law Journal
,
[>]
New York Life,
[>]
New York Times
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Nixon, Richard M. (U.S. president),
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Nocera, Joe,
[>]
Nomura Securities,
[>]
Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business
,
[>]
Notzon, Monica,
[>]
NRCC.
See
National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
Obama, Barack (U.S. president),
[>]
; AT&T merger and,
[>]
; Dodd-Frank and,
[>]
; entertainment industry and,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; high-tech industry and,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; Justice Department and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
(
see also
Department of Justice); publishing industry and,
[>]
; telecom industry and,
[>]
; 1012 election and,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; Wall Street and,
[>]
–
[>]
“Obamacare.”
See
Affordable Health Care Act
O’Brien, Edith,
[>]
O’Callaghan, Mike,
[>]
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA),
[>]
,
[>]
Occupy Wall Street movement,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA),
[>]
OIRA.
See
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
O’Leary, Michael,
[>]
online piracy legislation: entertainment industry and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
; high-tech industry and,
[>]
–
[>]
organized crime,
[>]
–
[>]
.
See also
family political machines; Mafia
Oriental DreamWorks,
[>]
Orrick, William,
[>]
Overton, Spencer,
[>]
Oyama, Katherine,
[>]
PACs.
See
corporate PACs; leadership PACs;
entries for specific PACs
“partisan bias”: Justice Department and,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
party dues,
[>]
–
[>]
; Democratic Party lists, 1013–1015,
[>]
–
[>]
; Republic Party lists for 1013,
[>]
–
[>]
Patek, Jewell,
[>]
Paul, Joanna,
[>]
Paul, Rand: leadership PAC(s) of,
[>]
Paul Hastings (firm),
[>]
PAUL PAC,
[>]
Paxon, Bill,
[>]
Pelosi, Nancy,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
The Penguin Group,
[>]
People
(magazine),
[>]
Peoria Journal Star:
quoted,
[>]
Perlman, Abigail,
[>]
Permanent Political Class, as buyer of influence,
[>]
–
[>]
.
See also
bureaucratic extortion; committee assignments; Congress, members of; incumbents; lobbyists for firms and industries; Washington law firms;
entries for specific politicians
Peterson, Collin,
[>]
Petrocelli, William (“Butch”),
[>]
Pew Research,
[>]
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals,
[>]
pharmaceutical industry,
[>]
Philip Morris (company),
[>]
,
[>]
PIPA.
See
Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA)
Pitt, Harvey,
[>]
Plank, Ray,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Plouffe, David,
[>]
Podesta, Tony,
[>]
Podesta Group,
[>]
political corruption: buyers vs. sellers of influence and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
; extortionist as symbol of,
[>]
–
[>]
; legality and,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
; MF Global case and,
[>]
–
[>]
; solutions to,
[>]
–
[>]
; style and,
[>]
–
[>]
; in U.S. and other countries,
[>]
; warnings in 1940 of,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Politico
(journal),
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
; quoted,
[>]
,
[>]
Posner, Richard,
[>]
presidential election of 1012: Obama fund-raising for,
[>]
–
[>]
Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA),
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Price, Tom,
[>]
PricewaterhouseCoopers,
[>]
Promontory Financial Group,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
“protection” method,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; reform and,
[>]
–
[>]
.
See also
Department of Justice (DOJ)
Pryor, Mark,
[>]
public financing of campaigns,
[>]
–
[>]
publishing industry,
[>]
quid pro quos,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
Rahall, Nick,
[>]
Ralston, Jon,
[>]
Rangel, Charlie,
[>]
Rangel, Steven,
[>]
Real Estate Roundtable,
[>]
Reclaim America PAC,
[>]
Redding Rancheria Indian Tribe,
[>]
reform efforts: public financing of campaigns and,
[>]
–
[>]
; regulation of political class and,
[>]
–
[>]
; regulation of special interests and,
[>]
–
[>]
; “soft money” contributions and,
[>]
–
[>]
; Tillman Act of 1907 and,
[>]
; vote-buying and,
[>]
–
[>]
regulation of campaign money,
[>]
; campaign committees and,
[>]
; leadership PACs and,
[>]
–
[>]
regulatory agencies,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
.
See also
legal system
Reich, Robert,
[>]
Reid, Harry,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; family machine of,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
Reid, Rory,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
Reid Majority Fund,
[>]
Reid Nevada Fund,
[>]
Reid Searchlight Fund,
[>]
Reinventing a New Direction (PAC),
[>]
Rely on Your Beliefs (RoyB) leadership PAC,
[>]
,
[>]
Republican Majority Fund (PAC),
[>]
Republican Party: contributions to other candidates and,
[>]
–
[>]
; family syndicates and,
[>]
–
[>]
; party dues and,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; Sixth Congressional District Committee,
[>]
–
[>]
; “soft money” contributions and,
[>]
–
[>]
; Wall Street and,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
resort expenditures,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Restore Our Future (PAC),
[>]
Reyes, Silvestre,
[>]
Rivlin, Gary,
[>]
Road to Senate Victory Fund,
[>]
Rockefeller, Jay,
[>]
Rogers, Harold,
[>]
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (U.S. president),
[>]
Roosevelt, Teddy (U.S. president),
[>]
–
[>]
Rosen, Hilary,
[>]
Royal Dutch Shell,
[>]
RoyB.
See
Rely on Your Beliefs (RoyB) leadership PAC
Rubio, Marco,
[>]
Rush, Bobby,
[>]
Rush, Carolyn,
[>]
SAIC.
See
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
Sandberg, Sheryl,
[>]
Santa Fe railroad,
[>]
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX),
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
Schakowsky, Jan,
[>]
Schneider, Gabriella,
[>]
Schneider’s (liquor store),
[>]
Schock, Aaron,
[>]
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman,
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
Schumer, Chuck,
[>]
Schwartz, Alyson,
[>]
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),
[>]
Searchlight Leadership Fund (PAC),
[>]
,
[>]
,
[>]
Searchlight Tahoe Victory Fund,
[>]
,
[>]
SEC.
See
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
[>]
–
[>]
,
[>]
–
[>]
; FCPA enforcement trends and,
[>]
,
[>]