Trump Taps Ex-Pipeline Lobbyist Sean Duffy for Transportation Secretary
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.
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House Dems Donate to Centrist Group That Undermines Their Agenda
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.
Big Tech Lobbyists Butter Up the Dems
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.
Biden’s Million-Dollar Inaugural Donors Lobbied Against His Agenda
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.
Corporate Consultants Voted for New Lobbyists on the DNC
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.
Lobbyists Kept Donating to GOP Election Objectors After Companies Cut off PACs
Many Hill lobbyists opted not to follow their employers' PAC policy and donated to the 147 Republican election objectors in Congress.
Republican Billionaires Are Donating to Manchin and Sinema
Some GOP megadonors made their first and only Democratic donations as the two senators worked to undermine the reconciliation bill.
Pharma Companies Spend Billions More on Stock Buybacks Than Developing Drugs, House Report Finds
The largest drugmakers spent $56 billion more on stock buybacks and dividends than on research and development from 2016 to 2020, according to a new House committee report.
Here Are the Companies Behind Trump's Rollback of Shareholder Rights
A new report by InfluenceMap found that ExxonMobil and GM led big business groups in supporting federal rules that made it harder for shareholders to submit proposals on climate action, diversity, and corporate transparency.
Trade Groups Decline to Cut Off GOP Objectors
Sludge asked over two dozen corporate trade associations if they would follow their member companies in cutting off PAC donations to the Republican election objectors. Most declined to say they would.