...influential, spending more than $74 million this year on federal lobbying, according to tallies by the Center for Responsive Politics. Similar spending happens on the state level. Lobbyists for Georgia Power have spent more than $29,000...
...these organizations and their donors," said Sheila Krumholz, the executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics in Washington. "And with greater support, comes increased gratefulness."Consol, which gave $150,000...
...posturing, both Hollywood and Silicon Valley spend generously to lobby causes in Washington. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the movie, television and music industries spent a combined $91.7 million on lobbying efforts in 2011...
...those unemployed, underemployed and economically disadvantaged people Congress represents? According to the Center for Responsive Politics, through 2009, nearly half of all members of Congress -- 261 total -- were millionaires. The average...
...insurance and real estate a spent $3.8 billion promoting its interests in Washington, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. By comparison, the energy and defense industries spent $2.6 billion and $1.08 billion, respectively...
...530,000 from the real estate industry since 2005, according to records compiled by the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics. The campaign finance group said it is the largest sector which has contributed to Isakson. Isakson was...
...previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported. Friday OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD: Reese Hoffa, the world champion in the shot put and a Lakeside...
...banks. According to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan Washington-based nonprofit...said Massie Ritsch, a spokesman for the Center for Responsive Politics. "Donors in the past may have been guessing...
...not fix it. Heck, they caused it. Tobacco companies and their billions of dollars rule. According to The Center for Responsive Politics, the tobacco industry made $56.8 million in political campaign contributions in every election cycle since...
...212 and Mr. Lefemine's negative balance of $23, according to campaign finance figures compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington, D.C., election watchdog. But that isn't stopping either challenger from chivvying...
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