CommonCause urged that the FEC to release report requested by Congress regarding the Commission’s role and efforts to keep foreign money out of US elections
Political Lobbying articles on Democracy Chronicles
Political lobbying is a legal practice of petitioning the government enshrined in the Constitution but has been supersized in the modern era by well-financed lobbies having outsized impact on government decision making. Efforts to highlight and correct the oversized impact that the powerful few have over government will be highlighted in this section. Also see our sections on American democracy and Money Politics.
How Refugee Advocate Groups Are Lobbying US Congress
President Trump will make a decision that will hit tens of thousands of refugees. Advocates lobbying members of Congress on Capitol Hill wants 75,000.
Bill Proposes Greater Accountability For New York Prosecutors
In 2013, ProPublica published a series of reports finding that New York prosecutors are never punished for misconduct which lands innocents in prison.
Trump Clashes With Koch Brothers, Key Republican Political Donors
Billionaire industrialists lashed out at Trump for imposing tariffs on foreign imports and not controlling the government’s burgeoning long-term debt
Supreme Court Nomination Lobbying Breaks Records With Ease
As of today, groups supporting or opposing Kavanaugh have already spent more than $1.1 million on television advertisements
Private Prison Lobbying Is Paying Off Under Trump
Billions of federal taxpayer dollars to gp to for-profit companies in order to implement Trump’s executive order
How Mass Incarceration Damages Democracy
Corrections industry influence, felony disenfranchisement and prison gerrymandering undermine democracy
Private Prison Lobby Sees Only Profit Under Trump
A great interview on how the current immigration crisis is tied to a successful year for private jails
Corruption Leads to Halt of $100M US Alcohol Study
Revealing the secretive way that employees negotiated with beer and liquor companies to underwrite the effort
K-O-C-H Killing Our Children’s Heritage
Being a rich greedy subversive traitor does not make you a great man, it doesn’t matter if you make the stock market go up while you are destroying people’s lives. What a legacy, he was known for being a rich A—hole.