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Friday, December 19, 2008 11:10 AM

Where Obama Might Say 'No'

Here are highlights of stories in this week's National Journal.

Kirk Victor, Will Englund and Ashley Johnson examine how Barack Obama may respond to the political agendas of various interest groups once he is in the White House. Alyssa Rosenberg writes a sidebar on the latest in the labor-versus-business battle over The Employee Free Choice Act.

Bara Vaida and CEO Update's Tavia Evans Gilchrist take a look at the DC recruiting scene and report that, for Democrats, landing a lobbying job isn't as easy as the hype suggests.

In our K Street Corridor section, Bara Vaida looks at trade association campaign giving and reports that the percentage given to each party in the 2008 cycle was almost even, while Peter Stone has the scoop on hard times at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

And Peter Cohn of Congress Daily reports on efforts to perusade Congress and President-elect Obama to respond to the fact that due to the dismal economy tax credits designed to spur alternative-energy and low-income housing projects are not worth much these days.


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