The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 30, 2012 U.S. Lobbyists From Mubarak Era End Contract With Military Government ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A powerful group of Washington lobbyists has ended their contract with Egypt. Former Republican Congressman Bob Livingston, former Democratic Congressman Toby Moffett and longtime lobbyist Tony Podesta began lobbying for dictator Hosni Mubarak four years ago, and continued lobbying for the Egyptian military after Mubarak resigned. .