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No title (id: 10776)
The Center for Public Integrity (Washington, DC) investigates the most heavily lobbied legislative initiative in US history; the investigation found that special interest groups cumulatively spent over $100 million to influence the outcome of health care reform. The story found that some committee members accepted political action committee contributions from health-care related interests, 85 members of Congress participated in trips sponsored by the health care industry and that 40 members of Congress with jurisdiction over health care legislation had health-care related investments in 1993, July 21, 1994.
Tags: FEC records; Financial disclosure; Health Care Task Force
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Will Washington Kick Tobacco?
The Nation reviews the Clinton Administration's initiatives against smoking including a proposed tobacco tax, a ban on smoking in public buildings and possibly regulating nicotine as an addictive drug; U.S. tobacco trade policies of three successive administrations are reviewed, April 25, 1994.
Tags: Ebrahim Lewis 3 pages
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No title (id: 10121)
The Nation explains how big businesses within the U.S. and foreign conglomerates have spent millions to influence politicians to pass the North American Free Trade Agreement; the forces opposed to NAFTA do not have a fraction of the resources, June 14, 1993.
Tags: Lewis Ebrahim Coordinating Council for Export Business 13 pages
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No title (id: 9427)
The Nation reports on the high-dollar lobbying efforts being conducted in Washington, D.C., over the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA; the Mexican government and American Corporations eager to take advantage of the easing of trade restrictions and Mexico's cheap labor force have commenced an all-out campaign to see the measure passed; lists the former U.S. government officials working for NAFTA's passage from 1989 to 1993, with their current firm and their former government position and the number of years served, June 14, 1993.
Tags: Lewis Ebrahim