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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC / ˈ eɪ p æ k / AY-pak) is a pro-Israel lobbying group that advocates its policies to the legislative and executive branches of the United States. [4] One of several pro-Israel lobbying organizations in the country, [5] it has been called one of its most powerful lobbying groups. [6]
BGR Group (previously Barbour, Griffith & Rogers) is a lobbying and communications firm based in Washington, D.C., with offices in London, Beijing and Austin, Texas. [1] Founded in 1991 by former White House aides Ed Rogers and Haley Barbour , the firm was joined by Lanny Griffith to form Barbour Griffith & Rogers (BGR Group). [ 2 ]
(The Center Square) – Members of the Texas House elected their new speaker Tuesday, state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock. They did so after the former speaker, state Rep. Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont ...
An example of such a group is the environmentalist group Greenpeace; Greenpeace (an organisation with income upward of $50,000,000) use lobbying to gain political support for their campaigns. They raise issues about the environment with the aim of having their issues translated into policy such as the government encouraging alternative energy ...
The group spent $53 million backing pro-Israel candidates on both sides of the aisle in the 2024 election cycle, and boasts that 98% of its endorsees won their general elections on Nov. 5.
The winning candidate must secure an outright majority of all Members voting for a candidate by name. So let’s say there are 434 members and all vote for someone by name. The magic number is 218.
Citizens' Climate Lobby; The Clearing House; The Clearing House Payments Company; Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform; Coalition for Patent Fairness; Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service
Expelled following Texas's secession from the U.S. 1862 Nathan G. Shelley (D) American Civil War: American Civil War/no delegations seated: 1863 Pendleton Murrah (D) [d] Fletcher Stockdale (D) Stephen Crosby (D) 1864 Benjamin E. Tarver (D) no electors counted: 1865 Fletcher Stockdale (D) [b] vacant: William Alexander (U) Willis L. Robards (D ...