A PI analysis of lobbying disclosures from last quarter reveals several different camps of interest on the extending the nation’s borrowing limit — from groups merely monitoring the matter, to advocating explicitly for a no-strings-attached debt ceiling hike to avert a likely economic catastrophe.
Republicans have rallied to Newsmax’s side with calls to boycott both DirecTV and AT&T, and sought to leverage the investigative might of Congress to squeeze both businesses.
Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.) was hammering baby formula manufacturers to help alleviate a nationwide shortage until August. That just so happens to be when the chief lobbyist for the industry's trade group nearly maxed out donations to her campaign.
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