Electric vehicle companies increased their lobbying spending during infrastructure spending talks
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November 12, 2021
This week in money-in-politics
Electric vehicle companies increased their lobbying spending during infrastructure spending talks
While the automotive industry’s lobbying remained steady during the third quarter of 2021, spending $15.9 million while lawmakers debated the role of electric vehicles in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, electric vehicle companies ramped up their lobbying spending.
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Anti-abortion rights lobbying at high as Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas law
Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Texas’ abortion law, the anti-abortion rights sector spent $300,000 on federal lobbying in the third quarter.
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Lobbying efforts by companies making COVID-19 rapid tests and vaccines fluctuate
As the Biden administration attempts to increase the availability of rapid tests and COVID-19 vaccines, corporations are trying to figure out how to spend their lobbying dollars.
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The Money Race for the State Legislature Report
OpenSecrets' Sarah Bryner and Pete Quist collaborated with the Center for American Women in Politics, to provide new data for CAWP's recent report examining fundraising in 2020 state legislative elections and showing that women continue to lag behind men as political donors.
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** Pharmaceutical industry likely to shatter its lobbying record as it works to shape Democrats’ spending bill (The Washington Post) ([link removed])
The advertisements were augmented by a campaign by PhRMA, which spent nearly $23 million on lobbying through the first nine months of 2021, according to data compiled by OpenSecrets, which tracks corporate spending and political influence.
** Biden bill includes boost for union-made electric vehicles (PBS News Hour) ([link removed])
Republican lawmakers portray it as payback for a major Democratic Party benefactor, the United Auto Workers, which spent about $1.25 million in support of federal candidates in the 2020 elections, more than 99% for Democratic candidates, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks campaign money.
** The $30 billion woman: Megadonor Miriam Adelson leaps back into politics (POLITICO) ([link removed])
The Adelsons were the biggest donors to federal candidates and super PACs in three of the last five elections, according to OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan research group that tracks political giving.
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