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Lobbyists Buy Congress
by Lindsay Renick Mayer
If, from a democratic viewpoint, the U.S. Congress is the most corrupt institution in the world, it is irreproachable at the criminal level. In a perfectly lawful way, interest groups have spent 32 523 dollars for every day Congress was in session and on each legislator to buy his vote. An activity that elsewhere would be considered as criminal is simply treated as a business in a country that scorns the notion of general interest and where legislative representation is based on the interests of private groups.
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According to a study by The Center for Responsive Politics [1], "special interests" [2] paid Washington lobbyists $3.2 billion in 2008—more than any other year on record. This was a 13.7 percent increase from 2007 (which broke the record by 7.7 percent over 2006).
The Center calculates that interest groups spent $17.4 million on lobbying for every day Congress was in session in 2008, or $32,523 per legislator per day. Center director Sheila Krumholz says, “The federal government is handing out billions of dollars by the day, and that translates into job security for lobbyists who can help companies and industries get a piece of the payout.”
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Project Censored 2010 Selection
Lobbyists Buy Congress
by Lindsay Renick Mayer
If, from a democratic viewpoint, the U.S. Congress is the most corrupt institution in the world, it is irreproachable at the criminal level. In a perfectly lawful way, interest groups have spent 32 523 dollars for every day Congress was in session and on each legislator to buy his vote. An activity that elsewhere would be considered as criminal is simply treated as a business in a country that scorns the notion of general interest and where legislative representation is based on the interests of private groups.
25 November 2010
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USA: domestic politics
According to a study by The Center for Responsive Politics [1], "special interests" [2] paid Washington lobbyists $3.2 billion in 2008—more than any other year on record. This was a 13.7 percent increase from 2007 (which broke the record by 7.7 percent over 2006).
The Center calculates that interest groups spent $17.4 million on lobbying for every day Congress was in session in 2008, or $32,523 per legislator per day. Center director Sheila Krumholz says, “The federal government is handing out billions of dollars by the day, and that translates into job security for lobbyists who can help companies and industries get a piece of the payout.”
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