Sunday night owls: Federal lobbying soared to near-record $3.47 billion in 2019
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Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week Karl Evers-Hillstrom at OpenSecrets’ Center for Responsive Politics writes—Lobbying spending in 2019 nears all-time high as health sector smashes records: Federal lobbying spendiSunday night owls: Federal lobbying soared to near-record $3.47 billion in 2019
Night Owls, a themed open thread, appears at Daily Kos seven days a week Karl Evers-Hillstrom at OpenSecrets’ Center for Responsive Politics writes—Lobbying spending in 2019 nears all-time high as health sector smashes records: Federal lobbying spending surpassed $3.47 billion last year, a nine-year high, as influential industries tried to sway the Trump administration and Congress over policies that would hurt the bottom lines of some of the nation’s most powerful companies. Not accounting for inflation, lobbying spending in 2019 falls just behind the record $3.51 billion spent in 2010 amid a lobbying bonanza around the Affordable Care Act. Read more