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Common Cause -- Tobacco Industry Political Giving Outlines and summarizes by company a ten year history of campaign contributions, soft money, PACs. Delivering for Dollars Report from Public Citizen includes timeline showing tobacco contributions to Congress and Congressional action on tobacco bills. The Tobacco Presidency Essay discusses the tobacco connections of George W. Bush. Tobacco Industry Spent $10.6 Million to Lobby Congress in First Half of 2003 As Congress conducted negotiations over major tobacco legislation for the first time in years, the tobacco industry spent over $10 million to lobby Congress, over $116,000 every day Congress was in sessoin. The Lack Of Corporate Accountability Column by Molly Ivans reviews PAC and soft money, including tobacco money, spent in 1997. The Inhalers "They may not smoke tobacco products, but some in Congress are addicted to the industry's money." Common Cause on tobacco money in Congress: how much, who gets it, and what it buys. Victor Crawford on 60 Minutes Interview with ex-tobacco industry lobbyist Victor Crawford, on how the industry influences Washington. The People & The Power Game: Interview with Henry Waxman (D-CA) PBS: The Tobacco Lobby: Money, "grassroots", and telemarketing. Tobacco PAC Contributions and 1998 Tobacco Votes Analysis of votes on a major tobacco bill includes a complete listing of every Senator, their vote, and how much money their campaign has taken from the tobacco industry. Tobacco Lobbying Outlays Soared in 1998 Covers money spent and industry resoures invested, e.g. putting 192 lobbyists into Washington, about one for every three members of Congress" Names the major lobbying firms and lobbyists used. More Lobbying Sites |
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