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The defining characteristics are that they have a distinct legal form and that they are established to operate in commercial affairs. While they may also have public policy objectives, GOCs should be differentiated from other forms of government agencies or state entities established to pursue purely non-financial objectives. [1]
The result was a political landscape dominated in the 1990s and 2000s by business groups, specifically "political insiders" – former members of Congress and government officials with an inside track – working for "Wall Street banks, the oil, defense, and pharmaceutical industries; and business trade associations."
Charles Diggs (D-MI) was convicted on 29 charges of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms which formed a kickback scheme with his staff. Sentenced to 3 years. (1978) [265] Herman Talmadge (D-GA) US Senator, was denounced by the Senate for "improper financial conduct" on October 11, 1979. He failed to be re-elected. [266]
In 1999 Congress increased the NIH's budget by $2.3 billion [58] to $17.2 billion in 2000. [61] In 2009 Congress again increased the NIH budget to $31 billion in 2010. [61] In 2017 and 2018, Congress passed laws with bipartisan support that substantially increasing appropriations for the NIH, which was 37.3 billion dollars annually in FY2018 ...
In the past, sulfuric acid emissions from Rhineland coal plants contributed to acid rain, damaging forests in other regions like Hesse, Thuringia, and Saxony. Other significant problems for the Rhineland related to its high level of industrialization include the destruction of infrastructure from extreme weather events , loss of water for ...