A Better Way to Rein In Lobbying
Posted on AllSides April 25th, 2015
From The Left
OPINION
CORPORATE influence is an old problem in American democracy. But in the last decade or so, corporate spending to influence Congress and federal agencies has reached a new, and probably unsustainable, level.
Corporations and their trade associations now spend about $2.6 billion a year in reported lobbying, and probably as much on unreported lobbying. That is more than the funding for the entire Senate ($860 million) and House ($1.18 billion) combined, and the gap grows wider every year.
Moreover, that $2.6 billion is about 34 times the total lobbying spending...
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