Who's Who list of top spending lobbyist in Washington 2009

Ever wondered what companies are buying off senators and congressmen?
OR how much they are spending to get the bills passed OR rejected
to suit their interests?? Well you can start right here on this list.
How much money is spent on special interest lobby???
And WHO owns Washington??? see below

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Lobbying Client -------- 2009 Total
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US Chamber of Commerce $144,496,000
Exxon Mobil $27,430,000
Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America $26,150,520
General Electric $25,520,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $22,715,439
Pfizer Inc $21,930,000
AARP $21,010,000
American Medical Assn $20,830,000
Chevron Corp $20,815,000
National Assn of Realtors $19,477,000
American Beverage Assn $18,850,000
American Hospital Assn $18,347,176
ConocoPhillips $18,069,858
Verizon Communications $17,820,000
Boeing Co $16,850,000
FedEx Corp $16,370,000
BP $15,990,000
National Cable & Telecomms Assn $15,980,000
Northrop Grumman $15,180,000
AT&T Inc $14,729,673

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source:
www.opensecrets.org...

no wonder these fat cats fight tooth and nail to stay in office

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Now look at the Podesta Group (Washington Lobby Client List)

Aero Astro Inc
Akin, Gump et al
Alcatel-Lucent
Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care
American Cltn for Clean Coal Electricity
Amgen Inc
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
Avenue Capital Management II
BAE Systems
Bank of America
Berkshire Hathaway
BP
Career College Assn
Career Education Corp
CH2M HILL
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma
Children's National Medical Center
Cintas Corp
City of Berkeley, CA
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp
Corrections Corp of America
Council/Indep Tobacco Manufacturers/Amer
Crawford Group
Deloitte LLP
Dosal Tobacco
Forsyth Institute
Fortress Investment Group
Funai Electric Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Genzyme Corp
Google Inc
Harrah's Entertainment
HDNet
Independent Film & Television Alliance
ING Group
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries
Investment Co Institute
Ion Media Networks
J David Gladstone Institutes
L'arche Green NV
Lesley University
Lockheed Martin
Mbia Inc
McGraw-Hill Companies
Merck KGaA
Metro Sacramento Air Quality Mngmnt Dist
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Michelin North America
National Assn for Home Care
National Assn of Broadcasters
National Public Radio
National Tobacco
Nestle SA
Novartis AG
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals
Oracle Corp
Orange County, FL
Professional Services Council
Property Casualty Insurers Assn/America
Prosper Marketplace
Reed Elsevier Inc
Rehabcare Group
Roche Holding AG
Root Cause
S&M Brands
SAP Aktiengesellschaft
Securing America's Future Energy
Shaw Industries Group Inc
SLM Corp
SolarReserve
Sunoco Inc
Synthetic Geonomics
Textron Inc
Timothy C Harrison Realty & Development
TJX Cos
Tyco Electronics
Tyco International
United Technologies
Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Universal American Corp
UPMC Health System
US Chamber Global IP Center
US Chamber of Commerce
Wal-Mart Stores
Washington Post
Wells Fargo
Xcaliber Intl Ltd

source:
www.opensecrets.org...

and then u wonder why our congress is deadlocked and can't get anything
done.

Originally posted by boondock-saint
Lobbying Client -------- 2009 Total
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Exxon Mobil $27,430,000
Chevron Corp $20,815,000
ConocoPhillips $18,069,858
BP $15,990,000

Obviously fighting FOR cap and trade legislation...

Lobbying Client -------- 2009 Total
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Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America $26,150,520
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $22,715,439
Pfizer Inc $21,930,000
AARP $21,010,000
American Medical Assn $20,830,000
American Hospital Assn $18,347,176

Obviously fighting FOR health care reform...

A more interesting list would be to pick a topic, determine which congressional committee it falls under then see how much the chairman of the committee has made from donations of a particular company. Example:

Armed Services Committee Chairman, Ike Skelton (D-MO)
Top 5 Contributors, 2009-2010
Contributor-Total
Lockheed Martin-$43,500
General Dynamics-$40,400
Boeing Co-$22,900
Northrop Grumman-$21,760
Hawthorn Group-$15,567

links:
very good point, thanks for bringing that up

not only do we need term limits on congressmen
but also on the sub committee chairmen