The Politics of Lobbying

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A lot depends on the rules that the Treasury Department and some of the geeky tax code writers at the Internal Revenue Service, how exactly they make decisions. So you can still lobby your Congressman, your Senators, who may write a letter to the administration or to the Treasury for example. Equally, people can lobby the White House directly, especially the point man for President Biden is John Podesta - an ultimate Washington insider.

Although Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party fell short of a majority in parliament, meaning there will be a second vote, the incumbent prime minister did much better than expected. Will he be able to continue the country’s rebound story? America’s clean energy investments are spurring green lobbyists to action. And, how might simple nets protect Ukrainians from drones?

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