June 22, 2023

Amazon lobbyists tout workplace safety improvements ahead of Senate investigation

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions launched an investigation into “dangerous and illegal conditions” at Amazon warehouses, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the committee chair, announced Tuesday in a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. 

Family physicians lobby Congress for more Medicare pay and less red tape

Family doctors from across the country met with members of Congress to advocate for legislation that would increase physician Medicare payments, cut administrative roadblocks to treatment and address a “worsening primary care physician shortage.”

Dive deeper into the data behind the headlines

Abortion remains a hot button topic, as evidenced by both abortion rights and anti-abortion rights groups contributing more money than ever before to political causes in recent election cycles.

In particular, the election of former President Donald Trump and the reversal of federal abortion rights in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health in June 2022 after his appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices, seemed to spur advocacy groups on both sides of the issue into action. 

Click on the boxes above to explore the recently updated issue profiles for both sides of abortion policy on our website.

See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:

Inflation Reduction Act foes race to repeal climate, drug pricing programs (The Washington Post)

The nation’s largest companies and lobbying groups spent a combined $2.3 billion in 2022 to shape or scuttle key components of the emerging law, according to a review of federal ethics disclosures and data compiled by the money-in-politics watchdog OpenSecrets.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential run gets support from Wall Street veteran Omeed Malik (CNBC)

Malik himself has donated to candidates on both sides of the aisle. He gave to DeSantis when he ran for reelection in 2022, as well as Biden’s 2020 campaign and with Donald Trump’s failed second run for the White House, according to data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.

Republican primary spending projected to approach or surpass $1 billion (NPR)

Early projections show it will likely cost close to or more than $1 billion, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks campaign-finance spending. The final figure will depend on how long it takes for the nomination to be wrapped up.

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