Your weekly money in politics newsletter. Donate Today [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
February 23, 2023
TurboTax parent company Intuit is pouring more money than ever into lobbying amid push for free government-run tax filing
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Intuit spent more than $3.5 million on federal lobbying in 2022 — a new record for the leading tax prep company, which owns TurboTax.
Read more. [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Gun Owners of America belatedly reported record $3.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022
Gun Owners of America — which has been late reporting federal lobbying expenditures since 2019 — spent a record $3.3 million on federal lobbying in 2022.
Read more. [[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]]
Oil and gas industry spent $124.4 million on federal lobbying amid record profits in 2022
The oil and gas industry spent about $124.4 million lobbying the federal government in 2022, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of lobbying disclosures.
Read more. [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] OpenSecrets is Hiring!
OpenSecrets is currently hiring for the following positions:
Director of Development [[link removed]]
Individual Giving Manager [[link removed]]
Data Engineer [[link removed]]
Partnerships Coordinator [[link removed]]
Research Intern [[link removed]]
Reporting Intern [[link removed]]
Learn more. [[link removed]]
OpenSecrets in the News
See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
Before Ohio derailment, Norfolk Southern lobbied against safety rules (The Washington Post) [[link removed]]
Railroads spend heavily while lobbying in Washington, according to records analyzed by the transparency organization OpenSecrets. Norfolk Southern is among the biggest spenders, paying $1.8 million last year for the services of 36 lobbyists.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried hit with four new criminal charges (CNBC) [[link removed]]
Bankman-Fried and fellow FTX executives combined to contribute more than $70 million toward the 2022 midterm elections, according to campaign finance watchdog OpenSecrets.
Chip Makers Turn Cutthroat in Fight for Share of Federal Money (The New York Times) [[link removed]]
Purveyors of chips, their suppliers and the trade associations that represent them together spent $59 million on lobbying last year, according to tracking from OpenSecrets, up from $46 million in 2021 and $36 million in 2020, as they tried to ensure that Congress approved their funding.
MarketWatch [[link removed]]
CNN [[link removed]]
Insider [[link removed]]
Univision [[link removed]]
Yahoo! News [[link removed]]
USA Today [[link removed]]
Documented [[link removed]]
San Francisco Chronicle [[link removed]]
NJ.com [[link removed]]
E&E News [[link removed]]
The Gazette [[link removed]]
Michigan Live [[link removed]]
Nebraska Examiner [[link removed]]
Albuquerque Journal [[link removed]]
Winston-Salem Journal [[link removed]]
The Lever [[link removed]]
Source NM [[link removed]]
Newsweek [[link removed]]
Global Times [[link removed]]
Sludge [[link removed]]
The New Republic [[link removed]]
See more here. [[link removed]]
[[link removed]] [[link removed]]
[[link removed]]
[link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]] [link removed] [[link removed]]

OpenSecrets
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC xxxxxx
United States
If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please
unsubscribe: [link removed] .