The scope of our influence, the values that we care so deeply about, they ripple around the world.

WHITEHOUSE: Honoring Ronald H. Brown

Featuring women from Forbes Most Powerful Women, 30 Under 30 and Celebrity 100, the Summit will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Most Powerful Women issue and will launch a yearlong Forbes editorial initiative that taps into the size, influence and scope of Forbes' multiple platforms.

FORBES: Generations Unite To Change The World

Again the industry went on the offensive to limit the scope of the commission, and later to influence its membership.

CNN: A Payback?

It is the rise in sheer scope of government that has correspondingly raised the potential reward for lobbyists and other monied interests to attempt to influence that scope: it is a truly vicious circle.

FORBES: Frank Rich Mishandles the Money