CQ Today Online News provides an interesting report based on data required to be disclosed by lobbyists on the new LD-203. Craig Holman of the watchdog group Public Citizen said his organization has tried to track lobbying contributions in the past, but only now with the aid of the new reporting requirements, will it be […]
The online site of the Harvard Political Review features this post on lobbying. The extent of [lobbyists’] power over congressional outcomes is largely hidden from the American public, limiting open discussion about the consequences of their activity for the national interest.
LD-203’s have given new insight into lobbyists’ contributions and other activity. While many candidates decry special interests’ influence in Washington, new reports show campaigns received $140 million from lobbyists in the first half of 2008. Donations from federally registered lobbyists were evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, and much of it went to congressional candidates, […]