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At Least 130 Congressional Staffers Are Former Lobbyists, Study Finds
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyUp to 130 of 990 congressional chiefs of staff and legislative directors are former lobbyists, and many of them worked a number of lobbying jobs before moving to Capitol Hill, according to a study out Wednesday. Researchers for The Center for Responsive Politics and Remapping Debate found the majority of those staffers lobbied for corporations or trade organizations. The ex-lobbyists work for Republicans and Democrats in about equal number. CRP's executive director, Sheila Krumholz, said the relationships of Washington insiders who make the jump from representing special interests to ...
Election Spending Could Top $4 Billion, Shatter Record for Midterm
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe 2010 election will be the most expensive midterm contest ever in the United States, with spending expected to top $4 billion by Election Day, a Washington research group said Wednesday. The Center for Responsive Politics reported that parties, candidates and outside groups will have spent about $1 billion more than in 2006, when the previous non-presidential record was set. "We knew this election could make spending history, but the rate of growth is stunning," the center's executive director, Sheila Krumholz, said in a statement. "This kind of money in 2010 makes the 2000 presidential ...
AFSCME, Public Employees Union, Is No. 1 Election Spender -- for Now
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyTwo top newspapers are examining two of the top spenders in this year's campaigns. The Wall Street Journal says the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is the no. 1 independent spender. The New York Times delves into public records to identify corporations that are helping to fund policy battles and record campaign spending by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to the Journal, AFSCME is spending $87.5 million -- more than anyone else, but the title could be temporary depending on what happens in the next 10 days. The union's money comes from dues paid by its 1.6 ...
Fight Over Global Warming Bill to Heat Up This Fall
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Aug. 24) -- The simmering Washington debate over global warming is set to heat up this fall, fueled by environmentalists' determination to squeeze climate-change legislation from the current Congress and the oil and gas industry's fervent and cash-laden response. The oil industry spent $75 million lobbying the federal government from January to June, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which monitors lobbying and campaign spending, and the industry next month plans to fund a series of "citizen rallies" against proposed responses to climate change. The financial onslaught on ...
U.S. Debt Could Be Cut by Sending Leftover Campaign Cash to Uncle Sam
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailyWhile senators and House members look for ways to tackle, if not tame, the gargantuan federal debt, they might look directly in the mirror for one source of available money. A principal criticism of American politics today is that there are too many dollars bankrolling the electoral system, making many races for public office overly expensive. Ironically, at the same time campaigns are awash with cash, the federal government is drowning in a sea of red ink. How, you ask, could the political situation help the governmental one? It's not that difficult. If you study the financial reports ...
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