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Lobbying Spending: Tobacco 
- The Center for Responsible Politics lists $23 million of lobbyist spending by the tobacco industry in 1999, and breaks it down by tobacco company, lobbying firm, and lobbyist. Also shows other clients of the firm.
- http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/indusclient.asp?code=A02&year=1999
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Liberal Tobacco Whores - Why are Ann Richards, George Mitchell Working for the Cigarette Companies? - Political column for Slate by Jacob Weisberg examines why well known liberal figures Ann Richards, George Mitchell and others became powerful lobbyists for Big Tobacco. - http://slate.com/id/2281/    Tobacco Lobbyists in D.C. - Chart shows top 10 lobbying firms in Washington D.C. and the tobacco companies and interests they represent. - http://www.cleanlungs.com/education/features/lobbyists.html Lobbyist Spending: Tobacco - Itemizes expenditures by the tobacco industry for lobbying at the U.S. national level. Data include lobbying firm hired, amount spent, and lobbyist used. - http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/indusclient.asp?code=A02 Sneaky Lobbiests Have Dual Roles - News article covers tobacco industry use of lobbyists who don't disclose their ties to the tobacco industry, such as police officers, Wall Street analysts, restaurateurs and former congressional staff members. - http://www.no-smoking.org/may98/05-16-98-3.html |
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