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...Lobbyists?? most important means of influence, however, is personal. Lobbying firms and organizations are overwhelmingly composed of former House and Senate staffers of both parties and even former Congressmen and Senators. Take the health care debate as an example. The Senate health care bill was largely the baby of Senator Max Baucus, who, as Finance Committee chairman, had jurisdiction over the issue. Health industry interests, including pharmaceutical and insurance companies, hired a total of seven former Baucus aides to lobby him, including at least two of his former chiefs of staff. In total, the Washington Post counted...
...Harvard lobbyists??working with a consortium of other universities and agencies while legislators drafted the stimulus bill last year—argued that research plays an important role in driving economic growth and development...
...represent our desires, not our interests,” Elie Yarden, a Cambridgeport activist, told the councillors, adding that they were elected to support what the neighbors—not Universities or lobbyists??wanted...
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