Defense, medical industries fighting budget sequestration and expiration of ‘doc fix’; broadcasters concerned about the ‘pay for’. This could be a December to remember for trade association lobbyists, and industries such as defense, medicine and broadcasting have a lot on the line. RELATED CONTENT Budget talks collapse brings farm bill back into the light The failure of the deficit supercommittee didn’t just put $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts in motion for 2013, cuts that industries such as defense call devastating. It also leaves unaddressed a number of issues such as extending unemployment benefits, the payroll tax cut and preventing a 27 percent… Read More