Capitalizing on Conflict: U.S. Arms Sales to Conflict Zones
A new report from OpenSecrets spotlights how U.S. weapons manufacturers are fueling the crisis in Yemen, spending big money on lobbying and making even more selling arms.
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Sen. Warren pushes TurboTax for answers about its efforts to block free tax filing (The Verge) Warren’s letter also points to a March 31st report from OpenSecrets, which found that Intuit employed former government officials, including former members of Congress, in its lobbying efforts. Intuit’s corporate political action committee has given donations to both Democrats and Republicans, according to the data.
Rick Scott became the Senate GOP’s election general, then went to war (The Washington Post) Advisers also point out that Scott saves the committee money by paying for his own private plane travel to political events. Public filings show he made in-kind donations of more than $600,000 for plane travel in 2021. Scott, who was worth about $260 million in 2020, according to OpenSecrets, made most of his money as the former executive of Columbia/HCA.