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January 20, 2022
A look at the big money in some of the hottest Senate races of 2022
 
 

Fundraising for the 2022 Senate races is ramping up, with more than a third of the 34 seats up for grabs clocking in over $10 million in contributions.

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Taiwan is paying for Guatemala’s foreign influence operations amid fight with China


The Guatemalan government is launching new lobbying and foreign influence operations in the U.S., and the government of Taiwan is footing the bill.

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Senate Democrats' election reform bill includes campaign finance law overhaul


The Senate voted Wednesday on legislation that, if enacted, would not only have expand access to the ballot box but also overhaul campaign finance laws.


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One-third of Biden's ambassador nominees, so far, are campaign 'bundlers' (The Washington Post)
They represent 29 percent of his ambassadorial nominees — a higher share of bundler-ambassadors than George W. Bush or Barack Obama nominated in their first years in office, according to a Post analysis of data from the Partnership for Public Service, OpenSecrets and Biden’s campaign.

Big Tech and Foes Spar Over Bill to Curb Market Power of Dominant Internet Platforms 
(Wall Street Journal)
No individual companies spent more on lobbying in Washington than Amazon and Facebook through the first nine months of last year, according to the most recent lobbying-disclosure figures. They each spent about $15 million, according to public lobbying records compiled by OpenSecrets.



Meet 2022's most important swing state — Georgia (NBC News)
EMILY’s List announced yesterday it would not endorse Sinema if she doesn’t back a filibuster change to advance voting rights legislation. The group’s independent expenditure arm spent $1.4 million on Sinema’s 2018 race, per OpenSecrets.

 
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