- Big Tobacco and Astroturf
Tobacco industry documents show how the industry creates and uses fake grass-roots groups ("astroturf") to lobby. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Buying Influence, Selling Death: Big Tobacco's Campaign Contributions
Common Cause report details the ways in which the tobacco industry seeks to buy political access and influence, the correlation between tobacco contributions and Congressional votes, and what the tobacco industry expects from the new Congress and Administration in return for its money. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - CRP: Tobacco Tally
Center for Responsive Politics has "a snapshot of what Big Tobacco is contributing to Congress, and who's getting the money". (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Delivering for Dollars
Report from Public Citizen includes timeline showing tobacco contributions to Congress and Congressional action on tobacco bills. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Industry Donations Favor Bush, Republican
Philip Morris is the second biggest contributor to the GOP in the current election; Center for Reponsive Politics report identifies top 10 Congressional recipients of tobacco money (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Jesse Helms's honeypot
Column by Russ Baker comments on the Helms Center, and why the tobacco industry is a heavy funder. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It - Lobbying the Attorneys General
A two-day retreat of golf, tennis, and a world-class spa sparks questions over whether the Republican Attorneys General Association is accepting money from interests including tobacco. (Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0) Rate It |