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Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Where is all of the lobbying money going?
Kevin Drum finds out:
The top ten lobbyists are shown above. Three of them (GE, Freddie Mac, and Philip Morris) appear to be garden variety corporate lobbyists. Among the other seven, though, you'll note the dead absence of anything resembling a liberal cause. In fact, unless I miss my guess, five of the seven are united in whole or part by a single topic: tort reform. No wonder it's at the top of George Bush's agenda this year.Progressives always wonder why it is that they are on the losing end of so many recent political battles, and I think Kevin makes it completely clear here. If the progressives want to have power in Washington, they need to start spending on K Street.
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