Companies Back GOP Bill Slashing Food Aid While Touting Hunger Relief
The Trump White House is showcasing more than a dozen large companies endorsing the "megabill" that takes away food assistance from millions of low-income families.
The Trump White House is showcasing more than a dozen large companies endorsing the "megabill" that takes away food assistance from millions of low-income families.
The centrist former senator will join lobbying firm Bondi Partners as senior advisor and private equity giant Apollo as advisor.
Donors include businesses, corporate lobbying groups, and conservative foundations.
Trump's nominee to head the Department of Transportation lobbied the agency for oil and gas pipeline giant Enterprise Products and other industries it oversees.
House Democratic leadership groups have given more than a million dollars to the PhRMA-funded Center Forward, which has worked to undermine the Biden administration on drug pricing reforms and more.
Lobbyists for Amazon, Apple, and other Big Tech companies are bundling six-figure donations for the DCCC and DSCC as Democratic leaders delay antitrust votes.
The Business Roundtable increased its lobbying spending last year by 70% over the previous year as its members pushed to pass the infrastructure bill first and kill the Build Back Better Act.
Executives at well-connected corporate consultancies voted to approve DNC Chair Jaime Harrison's slate of "at-large" members, which included several new corporate lobbyists.
Many Hill lobbyists opted not to follow their employers' PAC policy and donated to the 147 Republican election objectors in Congress.
Some GOP megadonors made their first and only Democratic donations as the two senators worked to undermine the reconciliation bill.