what decisions they make in this case. well, certainly, and i think that s part of the calculation for them. they do business here, they are a top not only a top lobbying shop that spends $2 million to $3 million a year trying to influence legislation for their members, but they also spend close to $1 million a year in campaign contributions, and that is about 75% to republicans and about 25% to democrats. that s interesting, because for most associations in town, you generally see that their political action committees give 60%/40% to the congressional candidates to the party in power. so 60% to republicans in the house, 40% to democrats in the house, in this example. so they are tilted a little bit more republican in their giving anyway, which would suggest that perhaps there won t be as much democratic heat that they can take. we re going to put up a picture of dawn sweeney, we found one, the head of the national restaurant association.
political ramifications here for what decisions they make in this case. well, certainly, and i think that s part of the calculation for them. they do business here, they are a top not only a top lobbying shop that spends $2 million to $3 million a year trying to influence legislation for their members, but they also spend close to $1 million a year in campaign contributions, and that is about 75% to republicans and about 25% to democrats. that s interesting, because for most associations in town, you generally see that their political action committees give 60%/40% to the congressional candidates to the party in power. so 60% to republicans in the house, 40% to democrats in the house, in this example. so they are tilted a little bit more republican in their giving anyway, which would suggest that perhaps there won t be as much democratic heat that they can take. we re going to put up a picture of dawn sweeney, we found one, the head of the national restaurant association.
monday than 20 percent of their work time on lobbying to register with the senate. but it is never enforced. no one has to declare themselves a lobbyist and what has happened, a number of people would clearly engage if lobbying who run lobbying businesses are not registered and, therefore, are raising money for the white house are having events for the president. for example, the head of the lobbyingship of pfizer has raised more than $500,000 for the president and has held events and has been at the white house. the head of the lobbying shop of comcast, the television giant, has done same. a number of people would head small law firms and consulting firms that are exclusively devoted to lobbying have done the same thing. the difference is they are sometimebly not registered as lobbyists. alisyn: a problem as you know you cannot swing a dead cat
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the washington post story that vekselberg, intrater and michael cohen are seen together at the inauguration. trump s ties are so deep and complex that you have people, you don t know who they are and who they represent, whether they represent russian mafia, russian government or both. and the interesting thing about that line you pointed out is when you open a lobbying shop, you know, the phone just doesn t ring. you open a lobbying shop and you build pre-existing, you build with pre-existing relationships. so the fact that vekselberg or people connected to vekselberg were his clients suggest these are relationship that is go back a long way. yeah, go ahead. i just want to break in and also remind people that intrater and blovatnik are two of three