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In 2017 around $41 million, 11% of all lobbying dollars spent in Texas, were spent by taxpayer-funded entities. [22] In 2020, the City of Austin spent $435,000–$824,000 lobbying other governments for money. [23] The Texas GOP established the abolishment of taxpayer-funded lobbying as a legislative goal for the 2019 legislative session. [24]
Most corporations do not hire lobbyists. [4] One study found that the actual number of firms which do lobbying regularly is fewer than 300, and that the percent of firms engaged in lobbying was 10% from 1998 to 2006, [28] and that they were "mainly large, rich firms getting in on the fun."
Senate salaries House of Representatives salaries. This chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. [1] The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2]
The combined amount of federal and state spending in 2023 was $5.6 billion, down from a record total of $5.9 billion in 2022. But according to the OpenSecrets analysis, lobbyists at the state and ...
The Sarasota City Commission will discuss requiring "paid lobbyists" to register if they receive compensation for their advocacy on city issues on Oct. 16.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is known for its strong support of Proposition 13, [8] which was approved by California voters in June 1978. Proposition 13 significantly limited real property tax increases for California homeowners and businesses. The association opposes taxes on California persons and businesses.
In Raspberry’s former life as a lobbyist, her firm failed to follow city and state disclosure requirements dozens of times between 2011 and 2020, leading to nearly $38,000 in fines levied by the ...
Direct lobbying statistics in the United States from 1998 to 2010. In 2010, the total amount spent on lobbying in the U.S. was $3.50 billion. [12] The top sectors for lobbying as of 2010 are financial, insurance, real estate, with $4,405,909,610 spent on lobbying. [13]