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Do we have a chance?
There are 13000 registered lobyist in Washington That is over 24 per member of the house and senate. But we don’t really know how many lobbyists there are because if a lobbyist spends less than 20% of their time lobbying they don’t have to register.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent $144 million on its lobbying [...]
Appeals court overturns campaign finance rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — Independent advocacy groups will be able to spend more money to try to influence federal elections under a decision Friday from a federal appeals court that overturned rules limiting nonprofits’ campaign spending.
Three judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington agreed with Emily’s List, a nonprofit that backs women Democratic candidates [...]
