Interest Group Project
Interest Group Project
Interest Group Project
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Name
Orrin G. Hatch (Utah) Max Baucus (Montana) Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) Charles W Boustany Jr. (Louisiana)
Amount
$304,980 $236,219 $228,950 $201,900
Organizations
Amount
$1,475,439
$4,433,998 $871,854
The trends that I observed about how this industry spends on lobbyists is that in 1998 the spending increased until 2009 when the spending started to lower.
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Lobbying
The trends that I observed in the number of lobbyists and the amount of money spent on lobbying is that the number of lobbyist has increased and the amount they have spent has decreased.
Top 5 Interest Groups
Amount $74,470,000
$38,584,580
$22,510,280 $20,590,000 $19,870,000
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Lobbying (continued)
Functions of the interest groups that have spent the most money on lobbying so far in 2013.
Function A business federation representing companies, business associations, state and local chambers in the U.S and American Chambers of Commerce abroad. The largest trade association and one of the most powerful lobbying groups in North America, having spent more than $99 million between 1999 and 2012. The association operates several business initiatives in support of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies and represents the Blue System in national forums. An American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop . The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010. www.opensecrets.org
Northrop Grumman
Lobbying (continued)
Top 3 Lobbying firms
Pros Responsive government that doesnt need to fully train each new legislator or regulatory member.
Cons Elected and appointed officials working in government may use their time in office to generate connections with legislators they can call on as contacts after they enter the private sector. Businesses can send members of its companies to alter policy and regulations to its benefits. www.opensecrets.org
Businesses have the luxury to hiring people with firsthand knowledge of the law.
Amount $4,036,400
$3,397,550 $3,153,200 $2,956,265 $2,897,000
Leadership PACs are committees created by politicians. During their campaign they raise two sets of money, one for themselves and the other one is to help other politicians. They use this to bribe their colleagues and to get a higher position.
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Leadership PACs
Every Republican is Crucial PAC Freedom Project
Their Affiliate
Eric Cantor John A Boehner
Amount Spent
$1,734,146 $1,313,025 $1,274,000 $1,247,292 $1,169,500
AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Steny H. Hoyer Greater America Senate Conservatives Fund James W. DeMint BRIDGE PAC James E. Clyburn
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527 Groups
-These groups are called 527 because they are a type of U.S tax-exempt organization organized under Section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
-In 2004 the 52 organization receipt was at $600,000,000 but, in 2006 it began to decrease until it was at $496,434,561 in 2008. however, in 2010 it increased to $547,134,744 and then went up to $547,851,976 in 2012. -The Choice- Obama for America TV Ad was definitely created and paid by a 527 organization because it showed Mitt Romneys position on an issue and then suggested a better solution by Obama to grow the economy without necessarily saying who to vote for.
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The court overturned a ban on corporate and union involvement in federal elections that had been in effect since the early 1900s.
An independent expenditure is an expenditure for a communication which expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, but which is made independently of any candidates campaign. Interest group ratings are used to decide whos going to get more contributions in the next re-lecetion and whos not.
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