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Lobbying in the United States describes paid activity in which special interests
hire professional advocates to argue for specific legislation in decision-making
bodies such as the
United States Congress. Lobbying in the United States could be seen to
originate from Amendment I of the Constitution of the United States, which
states: Congress shall make no law…abridging the right of the people
peaceably…to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Some lobbyists
are now using social media to reduce the cost of traditional campaigns, and to
more precisely target public officials with political messages.[35]
A number of published studies showed lobbying expenditure is correlated with
great financial returns. For example, a 2011 study of the 50 firms that spent
the most on lobbying relative to their assets compared their financial
performance against that of the
S&P 500 in the stock market concluded that spending on lobbying was a
"spectacular investment" yielding "blistering" returns comparable to a
high-flying
hedge fund,
even despite the financial downturn of the past few years.[36]
A 2011
meta-analysis of previous research findings found a positive correlation
between corporate political activity and firm performance.[37]
Finally, a 2009 study found that lobbying brought a substantial
return on investment, as much as 22,000% in some cases.[38]
Major American corporations spent $345 million lobbying for just three
pro-immigration bills between 2006 and 2008.[39]
Foreign-funded lobbying efforts include those of
Israel,
Saudi Arabia,
Turkey,
Egypt,
Pakistan, and
China
lobbies. In 2010 alone, foreign governments spent approximately $460 million on
lobbying members of Congress and government officials.[40]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobbying#United_States
Undated:
Lobbyists in (and out of) the Trump Administration
President Donald Trump signed an
Executive Order
within his first days of office forbidding Executive Branch appointees from
lobbying for five years after employment in the Administration. The Order also
forbids former registered lobbyists now working in the White House from
participating in areas they had previously lobbied on for a period of two years.
Despite this directive, these men and women made their way through the revolving
door and were either previously lobbyists and now work in the Trump
Administration or were previously in the Administration and work as lobbyists.
https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/lobbyists
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January 28: President Donald Trump acted
Saturday to fulfill a key portion of his pledge to "drain the swamp" in
Washington, banning administration officials from ever lobbying the U.S. on
behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other
lobbying.
Administration officials described the bans as historic in scope. But it was not
immediately clear how either one would be enforced.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-sets-5-year-lifetime-lobbying-ban-officials-n713631
January 28:
Trump's ethics pledge, issued as an executive order on Saturday, includes a
five-year "lobbying ban" that falls short of its name, preventing officials from
lobbying the agency they worked in for five years after they leave, but allowing
them to lobby other parts of the government.
"Lobbyists bring special interest baggage with them when they pass through the
revolving door to go to work in the very agencies they once lobbied," Norm Eisen
and Richard Painter, the last two presidents' ethics lawyers now at Citizens for
Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a statement. "Obama banned this
practice but Trump has brought it back."
Obama
issued ethics waivers for some officials, and Trump's executive order
retained that ability but removed the requirement to disclose them. That
opens the door to the White House departing from the policy without public
scrutiny or political consequences; the White House could claim any apparent
violation had been exempted.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-lobbying-ban-weakens-obama-ethics-rules-234318
-- 2018 --
December 18:
Lobbyists Are Feasting in Trump’s Swamp
The administration has become an ethics nightmare, as former industry
shills now lead the EPA and the Interior Department.
https://newrepublic.com/article/152724/lobbyists-feasting-trumps-swamp-epa-interior
-- 2019 --
February 14: Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33
Haven’t.
The former officials — including ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — have found
ways to sidestep the administration’s ethics pledge. At least 18 of them are now
registered federal lobbyists and the rest work in jobs that closely resemble
lobbying.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-lobbying-swamp-is-flourishing-in-trumps-washington
March 8: Sustain the swamp: Hundreds
of lobbyists swim through Trump's administration ...
Data provided to The Post by the liberal organization American Bridge 21st
Century identifies over 350 individuals who've worked as lobbyists who currently
work in the administration, have worked in it or have been nominated to serve in
Trump's administration. Cumulatively, they've represented more than 2,800
companies at one point or another, according to lobbying registration documents.
Nearly 200 of them now served or have been nominated to serve in divisions of
government that they once lobbied.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/08/sustain-swamp-hundreds-lobbyists-swim-through-trumps-administration/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.88e61d0c764f
April 27: Ex-Trump Cabinet heads' lobbying
gigs challenge 'drain the swamp' message
The revealed revolving door ... paints one of the clearest pictures of the
president’s failed promises to eliminate special interests in Washington.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/440905-lobbying-gigs-for-two-former-heads-of-trumps-epa-and-interior-challenge
-- 2020 --
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