[lit-ideas] Some Lobbying Stats
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:38:44 -0400
Harper's Index for July 2005
Posted on Thursday, August 11, 2005.
http://www.harpers.org/MostRecentIndex.html
Estimated amount spent lobbying Congress last year: $3,000,000,000
[The Center for Public Integrity (Washington)]
Number of former members of Congress or federal-agency heads who are
now lobbyists: 240
[The Center for Public Integrity (Washington)]
Total value of congressional earmarks to appropriations bills last
year: $32,700,000,000
[Taxpayers for Common Sense (Washington)]
Factor by which this exceeded the amount in 1998: 3
[Taxpayers for Common Sense (Washington)]
Minimum amount that members of Congress have paid their own
relatives since 2001: $3,000,000
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