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Lobbyist Sues Times Over Report of McCain Ties New York Times, 12/31
Telecoms Outfit McCain Ranch Washington Post, 10/16
McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam in Lobbying Effort Huffington Post, 10/15
McCain Camp Tied to Gambling Industry New York Times, 9/29
McCain Aide Is Still Officer At Lobbying Firm Newsweek, 9/25
Are 2 NRA Lobbyists Violating the McCain Campaign’s Conflict Rules? Mother Jones, 9/25
McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac Through August New York Times, 9/24
As Chairman of Commerce Committee, McCain Left Mixed Legacy Politico, 9/24
McCain Transition Head Lobbied for Freddie Mac Before Takeover Bloomberg News, 9/23
83 Wall Street Lobbyist Work for McCain Campaign Mother Jones, 9/18
McCain Aide Lobbied against Bill to Keep Guns from People on Terrorist Watch List Newsweek, 8/26
McCain Insider Allegedly Had Ties to NRA Spy Op ABC, 8/19
McCain Defends Adviser’s Lobbying Work USA Today, 8/18
Lobbying Filings Detail McCain Aide’s Past Work for Georgia TPMmuckraker, 8/15
In Split Role, McCain Adviser Is Sometimes a Lobbyist New York Times, 8/14
Did McCain Adviser Engineer Nobel Nomination of Georgian Prez? Think Progress, 8/13
Aide Advised McCain While His Firm Lobbied for Georgia Washington Post, 8/13
McCain Adviser Lobbied for Company With Big Biz in Cuba McClatchy, 8/12
McCain Adviser Lobbied for Georgia Wall Street Journal ($), 8/11
DHL Deal Gone Sour Haunts McCain in Ohio Los Angeles Times, 8/8
McCain Calls for Probe of Company He Once Aided AP, 8/8
High-Ranking McCain Campaign Officials Lobbied For Hess Talking Points Memo, 8/7
McCain Had a Role in ‘03 DHL Deal That Now Threatens Ohio Jobs Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/6
Did McCain’s Foreign-Policy Adviser Profit From Iraq War? Salon, 8/1
McCain’s Top Foreign Policy Adviser Flubbed Iraq Strategy TPMmuckraker, 7/29
McCain Adviser Lobbied for Stephen Payne AP, 7/22
A Fifth of McCain’s Top Fundraisers Have Lobbyist Ties The New York Times, 7/16
McCain Aide: Attorney General Scandal ‘Nonsense’ Chicago Tribune, 7/9
McCain Heads to Colombia, Where Adviser Has Ties The New York Times, 7/1
For Top McCain Adviser, Relationship with Candidate Has Been a Lucrative Commodity Washington Post, 6/26
McCain’s Boeing Battle Boomerangs Newsweek, 6/23
Scuttled Tanker Deal Could Bring Back McCain Lobbyist Questions Washington Independent, 6/19
McCain Still Hasn’t Updated Adviser List TPMmuckraker, 6/18
Non-Profit With McCain Ties Bent Rules While Supporting His Agenda, Raising Money Chicago Tribune, 6/17
Lawmakers Seek To Close Foreign Lobbyist Loopholes The New York Times, 6/12
Obama, McCain Enlist Former Lobbyists in VP Search Washington Times, 6/11
McCain’s Russia Policy Shaped By Advisor With Anti-Russia Lobbying Past Salon, 6/9
McCain Camp: Advisor Linked To Abramoff No Longer With Campaign Talking Points Memo, 6/9
McCain Adviser Phil Gramm in the News Again: Did His Bank Help Wealthy Clients Evade Taxes? Mother Jones, 6/6
McCain Campaign Staffed By Telecom Immunity Lobbyists Electronic Frontier Foundation, 6/5
Ex-Sen. Gramm’s Actions in Office Could Cause Trouble For McCain Texas Observer (via Obsidian Wings), 6/3
McCain Campaign Called Non-Profit For Help Defending Tanker Deal Washington Post, 6/2
Senior McCain Aides Meet With 70 GOP Lobbyists Politico, 5/30
McCain’s Economics Advisor Had a Hand in the Subprime Meltdown Mother Jones, 5/29
McCain Economic Policy Shaped By Lobbyist MSNBC, 5/28
McCain Campaign Manager Has Ties To Companies Under Scrutiny War and Piece , 5/27
McCain Campaign Manager, Former Lobbyists, Oversees New Lobbyist Restrictions The New York Times, 5/27
McCain Advisor Ousted For Conflict of Interest Politico, 5/16
McCain’s Lingering Connections to Burma Lobbyists Mother Jones, 5/15
McCain Consultant Is Tied to Putin-Backed Ukraine Party The Wall Street Journal, 5/14
Top McCain Advisor Lobbied For Chalabi, Dictators Obsidian Wings, 5/13
McCain’s Pick For GOP Convention Chair Lobbied For Burma Newsweek, 5/12
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