Texas’ largest anti-abortion group spent millions on public information campaign, lobbying in the past decade
The Texas Right to Life Committee has spent millions on anti-abortion campaigns as the state government passed increasingly restrictive abortion measures.Read More.
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Campaign Finance Presentation at ASU
This week, director of research and strategy Sarah Bryner and deputy research director Pete Quist presented to the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. OpenSecrets introduced promising young journalists to the world of campaign finance and lobbying activity — training that will pay dividends for years to come.
OpenSecrets in the News
See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
The claim that the U.S. government already has the power to lower drug prices (The Washington Post) Though Bayh and Dole were co-authors of the bill, they are viewed by march-in advocates as imperfect experts. Neither was in the Senate anymore, and post-enactment statements carry little weight with the judiciary. Dole had famously earned huge sums as a pitchman for Viagra, the Pfizer erectile-dysfunction drug. Both Dole and Bayh have been listed as lobbyists or affiliated with law firms with pharmaceutical developers and distributors as key clients, according to OpenSecrets.org.
Trump’s summer at New Jersey golf course included meetings with loyalists and conspiracy theorists (CNBC) “Do you mind if I get you for a few minutes afterwards?” Trump tells the crowd in recollecting an apparent conversation he had with Topper just before the private meeting. “I said, ‘Lewis, if it’s important we’re going to do it,’” Trump said in explaining whether he would actually end up privately speaking with Topper. Data from OpenSecrets shows that a Lewis Topper runs a Florida-based fast food company and is also a longtime donor to Republican causes.
SEC puts crypto industry on notice with Coinbase move (Financial Times) The company has increased its spending on lobbying, according to figures compiled by OpenSecrets. In 2015, Coinbase spent $55,000 on lobbying efforts, but last year that rose to $230,000. So far this year it has spent $160,000.
