OpenSecrets: Lobbyists Aggressively Targeted Democrats' Top Priorities During Obama's First 2 Years

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http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/03/lobbyists-aggressively-targeted-dem-legislation.html

Lobbyists Aggressively Targeted Democrats' Top Priorities During Barack Obama's First Two Years
By Michael Beckel on March 10, 2011 1:05 PM

During the first two years of the Obama administration, health care reform, financial regulatory reform, the stimulus and cap-and-trade climate proposals dominated the nation’s legislative agenda.

All the while, more than 4,550 companies, unions and other organizations lobbied on at least one of these four hot topics, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

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Furthermore, nearly all of the biggest spenders on lobbying during the first two years of the Obama administration were involved in these four legislative fights.

According to the Center's research, 32 corporations, trade associations and other interest groups reported spending at least $20 million on lobbying during the past two years. The chart below illustrates which of these groups had skin in each of these high-stakes games.



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[sasha031]

1. nice find

[killbotfactory]

2. But... everything is Obama's fault for not using the bully pulpit.

:eyes:

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Of course they did

and their investments paid off very well, thank you very much!

[warren pease]

4. And note the massive influence of organized labor money...

:sarcasm: