Legislative Capture
The Legislative Capture capture lane traces 672 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.
Top 10 actors in this lane
10 actors · 1787–2026
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-21 | Mark Esper, Former Raytheon Weapons Lobbyist, Becomes Army Secretary in Revolving Door Appointment
4 src Mark Esper · Raytheon · Donald Trump · Elizabeth Warren | confirmed | |
| 2017-06-01 | Project Blitz Launches Christian Nationalist Legislative Playbook: Model Bills for All 50 States
2 src WallBuilders | confirmed | |
| 2017-04-06 | Ivanka Trump Receives Chinese Trademarks During Xi Jinping Dinner
3 src Ivanka Trump · China · Xi Jinping · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-22 | Devin Nunes Makes Secret Midnight White House Visit to View Intel, Then Briefs Trump Before Committee - Obstruction of Investigation
3 src Devin Nunes · Donald Trump · Adam Schiff | confirmed | |
| 2017-03-20 | FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms Russia Investigation into Trump Campaign in Historic House Testimony
3 src James Comey · Donald Trump · Mike Rogers · Devin Nunes · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-23 | Private Prison Stocks Soar as CoreCivic, GEO Donate $2.8M to Trump
3 src CoreCivic · GEO Group · Jeff Sessions · Donald Trump · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-02-08 | Kellyanne Conway Commits 50+ Hatch Act Violations, No Consequences
3 src Kellyanne Conway · Donald Trump · Office of Special Counsel · White House · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-21 | Mar-a-Lago Membership Fee Doubles to $400K for Presidential Access
3 src Donald Trump · U.S. Secret Service | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-09 | Kentucky Becomes 27th Right-to-Work State in First Week of Session Using ALEC Model
3 src Matt Bevin · Kentucky Legislature · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | ICE hiring collapses despite 10,000 agent expansion order
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Trump Administration | confirmed | |
| 2016-09-20 | CEO Stumpf Testifies Before Senate, Elizabeth Warren Demands Resignation
3 src John Stumpf · Elizabeth Warren · U.S. Senate Banking Committee | confirmed | |
| 2016-08-31 | Rep. Tom Price Purchases Discounted Healthcare Stocks While Drafting Industry Legislation
4 src Tom Price · Chris Collins · House Energy and Commerce Committee | confirmed | |
| 2016-05-01 | Roger Stone Meets Russian National Offering Clinton Dirt for $2 Million
3 src Roger Stone · Russian Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-29 | Seventeen State Attorneys General Announce ExxonMobil Climate Fraud Investigations
4 src Eric Schneiderman · ExxonMobil · New York Attorney General | confirmed | |
| 2016-03-01 | Trump Model Management Lawsuit Dismissed on Technicality Despite Evidence
4 src Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump · Federal Courts | confirmed | |
| 2016-02-12 | West Virginia Becomes 26th Right-to-Work State, Overriding Governor Veto with ALEC Model
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Network · State Policy Network · Americans for Prosperity | confirmed | |
| 2016-01-01 | Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
5 src DaVita · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission | confirmed | |
| 2015-12-01 | Guardian Exposes Cambridge Analytica's Unauthorized Facebook Data Use for Ted Cruz Campaign
3 src The Guardian · Cambridge Analytica · Ted Cruz · Facebook · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2015-10-28 | Dennis Hastert Pleads Guilty to Federal Banking Violations
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-09 | Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Dennis Hastert Publicly Emerge
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-06-01 | Russian Internet Research Agency begins Facebook ad campaign to influence U.S. politics
3 src Internet Research Agency · Facebook | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-28 | Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted for Bank Fraud and Lying to FBI
3 src Dennis Hastert | confirmed | |
| 2015-05-06 | Oklahoma Governor Signs HB 1749 Banning State Payroll Deductions for Teachers Union Dues Despite Technical Flaws
3 src Oklahoma Legislature | confirmed | |
| 2015-03-09 | Wisconsin Becomes 25th Right-to-Work State, Completing ALEC's Union Destruction
3 src Scott Walker · American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2015-01-15 | House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers Retires, Enters CNN Commentary and Undisclosed Consulting
3 src Mike Rogers · CNN · AT&T · IronNet Cybersecurity | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-18 | Congress Appropriates $120 Million for Unwanted Abrams Tanks for Third Consecutive Year Despite Army Opposition
3 src General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown | confirmed | |
| 2014-12-16 | Marco Rubio's Risk Corridor Amendment Triggers ACA Insurance Market Destabilization
4 src Marco Rubio · U.S. Congress · U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | confirmed | |
| 2014-10-01 | Model Files Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Model Management for Wage Theft
3 src Alexia Palmer · Trump Model Management · Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2014-05-12 | Hunter Biden Joins Burisma Board While Father Leads Ukraine Policy
3 src Hunter Biden · Joe Biden · Devon Archer | confirmed | |
| 2014-02-06 | Max Baucus Confirmed as Ambassador After Healthcare Industry Staffers Become Lobbyists
3 src Max Baucus · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · Merck · UnitedHealth Group | confirmed | |
| 2013-08-12 | Attorney General Holder Announces Smart on Crime Initiative: First Federal Retreat from Mandatory Minimums
3 src Eric Holder · Barack Obama · DOJ | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-02 | Director of National Intelligence Clapper Apologizes for "Clearly Erroneous" Testimony to Congress
3 src James Clapper · Ron Wyden · Dianne Feinstein | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-01 | ALEC Coordinates 139 Education Privatization Bills Across States - Systematic Public School Defunding Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2013-04-15 | Congress Quietly Guts STOCK Act Online Disclosure Requirements
3 src Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2013-03-06 | Holder Testifies Some Banks Are Too Big to Jail
3 src Eric Holder · Department of Justice · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2013-02-20 | Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. Pleads Guilty to $750,000 Campaign Fund Fraud 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-03 | Google's Political Influence Derails FTC Antitrust Investigation
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Larry Page · Eric Schmidt · Obama Administration | confirmed | |
| 2013-01-01 | Lance Wallnau Popularizes "Seven Mountains Mandate": The Theology of Institutional Capture Goes Mainstream
3 src Lance Wallnau · C. Peter Wagner | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-11 | Michigan Passes Right-to-Work in Lame Duck Surprise Using Verbatim ALEC Language
3 src Rick Snyder · American Legislative Exchange Council · Mackinac Center · Koch brothers | confirmed | |
| 2012-12-05 | ACA Architect Liz Fowler Leaves White House for Johnson & Johnson After Industry-Friendly Healthcare Legislation
4 src Johnson & Johnson · Max Baucus · Barack Obama · U.S. Senate Finance Committee | confirmed | |
| 2012-11-06 | North Carolina Democrats Win Popular Vote But Lose 9 of 13 Congressional Seats
4 src Democratic Party · Republican Party · North Carolina General Assembly | confirmed | |
| 2012-10-01 | ALEC's 'Electricity Freedom Act' Systematically Attacks State Renewable Energy Standards
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heartland Institute · Edison Electric Institute · State Legislatures | confirmed | |
| 2012-07-25 | Congress Overrides Army to Fund $255 Million in Unwanted Abrams Tank Upgrades to Protect General Dynamics Ohio Plant
3 src General Dynamics · Rob Portman · Sherrod Brown · Jim Jordan | confirmed | |
| 2012-05-22 | Kansas Governor Brownback Signs ALEC-Laffer Tax Plan Eliminating Pass-Through Business Income Taxes - 'Kansas Experiment' Becomes Test Case for Supply-Side Economics
4 src Arthur Laffer · American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries | confirmed | |
| 2012-04-13 | Major Corporate Exodus from ALEC: Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, McDonald's, Wendy's, Mars, and Intuit Drop Membership After Public Pressure Campaign
3 src Color of Change · American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · Common Cause | confirmed | |
| 2012-04-06 | Magnitsky Act Passed by US Congress
3 src John McCain · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2012-04-04 | STOCK Act Signed into Law
3 src Barack Obama · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2012-02-01 | Indiana Becomes 23rd Right-to-Work State Using ALEC Model Legislation
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · National Right to Work Committee · Koch brothers | confirmed | |
| 2011-11-13 | STOCK Act Gains Momentum After 60 Minutes Exposes Congressional Insider Trading 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2011-06-16 | Rep. Anthony Weiner Resigns After Sexting Scandal and Cover-Up
3 src Barack Obama · Nancy Pelosi | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-27 | Judd Gregg Joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor After Banking Committee Role
3 src Goldman Sachs | confirmed | |
| 2011-05-11 | FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker Joins Comcast Four Months After Approving NBC Universal Merger
3 src Comcast Corporation · Federal Communications Commission | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Chris Dodd Becomes Hollywood's Chief Lobbyist After Promising No Lobbying 3 src | confirmed | |
| 2011-03-01 | Prison Labor at $0.12-$0.40/Hour Documented: The Thirteenth Amendment's Slavery Exception in Industrial Operation
3 src ACLU · CoreCivic · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-19 | House Republicans Launch Six Years of Symbolic ACA Repeal Votes
5 src House Republicans · Barack Obama | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-03 | Evan Bayh Joins Apollo Global Management and Five Corporate Boards After Senate
3 src Apollo Global Management | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | 34 States Introduce ALEC Voter ID Bills in Coordinated Suppression Campaign
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Republican state legislators · Heritage Foundation · State Policy Network | confirmed | |
| 2011-01-01 | Arizona Becomes First State to Enact ALEC-Inspired Education Savings Accounts - Pioneering Universal Voucher Path
4 src Jan Brewer · American Legislative Exchange Council · K12 Inc. | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-31 | Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit
4 src Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · Heartland Institute · Competitive Enterprise Institute | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-21 | FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · AT&T | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · Republican Party | confirmed | |
| 2010-06-24 | DISCLOSE Act Passes House But GOP Blocks Senate Vote on Citizens United Response
4 src Chuck Schumer · Chris Van Hollen · Mitch McConnell · Barack Obama · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2010-03-23 | ACA Passes with Individual Mandate Requiring Americans to Purchase Private Insurance, Delivering Industry Windfall
3 src Barack Obama · PhRMA · Max Baucus · Nancy Pelosi | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC Distributes Climate Denial Model Legislation to Kill Regional Climate Pacts
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · State Legislatures | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | ALEC's 'Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax' Obstructs Market-Based Climate Solutions
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch Industries · ExxonMobil · Peabody Energy · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | CNP Coordinates Tea Party Movement Through Member Organizations
2 src Council for National Policy · Jenny Beth Martin · Tony Perkins · Ralph Reed | confirmed | |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2009-12-01 | Arizona SB 1070 Immigration Law Drafted at ALEC Meeting with CCA Executives - Direct Quid Pro Quo for Immigrant Detention Profits
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Jan Brewer · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2009-07-17 | ALEC Creates Model Voter ID Legislation Following Obama Election
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 2009-06-26 | Koch Network Mobilizes to Kill Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Climate Bill
3 src Koch brothers · Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2009-06-01 | Obama Cuts $80B PhRMA Deal Abandoning Medicare Negotiation Promise
3 src Barack Obama · PhRMA · Billy Tauzin | confirmed | |
| 2009-03-10 | Employee Free Choice Act Abandoned Despite Democratic Supermajority, Corporate Lobbying Victory
3 src Barack Obama · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Business Roundtable · AFL-CIO · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-17 | SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission | confirmed | |
| 2009-01-01 | CNP Member Ralph Reed Founds Faith and Freedom Coalition - Religious Right Coordination Expands
2 src Ralph Reed · Council for National Policy | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-03 | Bush Signs 00B Bank Bailout with Minimal Oversight
3 src George W. Bush · Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · Citigroup · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2008-10-03 | Congress Passes $700 Billion TARP Bailout Without Criminal Accountability Provisions
3 src Henry Paulson · Goldman Sachs · JPMorgan Chase · Bank of America · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2008-09-04 | Jack Abramoff Sentenced to 48 Months Prison and $23 Million Restitution
3 src Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Native American Tribes · U.S. District Court · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-29 | Senator Ted Stevens Indicted on Seven Felony Corruption Charges
3 src Eric Holder | confirmed | |
| 2008-07-09 | FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Passes, Granting Telecom Immunity
3 src U.S. Congress · George W. Bush · United States Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2008-05-08 | Senate Intelligence Committee Raises Alarm Over Intelligence Contractor Revolving Door, Requires Workforce Reporting
3 src Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · Government Accountability Office · Department of Defense · Office of the Director of National Intelligence | confirmed | |
| 2008-04-28 | Crawford v. Marion County: Supreme Court Upholds Strict Voter ID Laws Despite No Evidence of In-Person Fraud
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · American Civil Liberties Union · Republican National Committee | confirmed | |
| 2008-01-01 | Hans von Spakovsky Joins Heritage Foundation to Lead Voter Suppression Infrastructure Development
4 src Hans von Spakovsky · Heritage Foundation · American Legislative Exchange Council · Council for National Policy · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-12-18 | Trent Lott Resigns from Senate to Evade New Lobbying Ethics Law
3 src Trent Lott | confirmed | |
| 2007-10-02 | Erik Prince Testifies Before Congress Defending Blackwater Despite Evidence of 195 Shooting Incidents
3 src Erik Prince · Blackwater · U.S. House Oversight Committee · Henry Waxman | confirmed | |
| 2007-09-16 | Blackwater Nisour Square Massacre Exposes Systematic Private Military Corporate-State Fusion Accountability Crisis and Constitutional Violation
6 src Erik Prince · State Department · Central Intelligence Agency · Iraqi Government · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2007-05-23 | Monica Goodling Admits Political Screening of DOJ Lawyers
3 src Monica Goodling · Alberto Gonzales · U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2007-04-01 | FISA Court Judge Rejects NSA Warrantless Surveillance Expansion
3 src FISA Court · National Security Agency · Bush Administration · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2007-03-09 | DOJ Inspector General Documents Systematic FBI Surveillance Abuse
3 src Glenn Fine · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2007-01-01 | ALEC Launches 'Rich States, Poor States' Report with Arthur Laffer - Annual Corporate Tax Competition Manifesto to Drive Interstate Race-to-Bottom
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Arthur Laffer · Stephen Moore · Koch Industries | confirmed | |
| 2006-12-07 | Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
3 src Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2006-09-15 | Congressman Bob Ney Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Corruption Scandal
3 src Jack Abramoff · U.S. House of Representatives · Department of Justice | confirmed | |
| 2006-07-27 | Voting Rights Act Reauthorization of 2006: 25-Year Extension Passes with Bipartisan Supermajority Before Conservative Legal Assault
3 src George W. Bush · U.S. Congress · John Lewis · John Conyers | confirmed | |
| 2006-07-24 | ABA Condemns Bush 800+ Signing Statements Nullifying Oversight
3 src George W. Bush · American Bar Association · Dick Cheney · David Addington · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-05-08 | Michael Hayden Nominated as CIA Director Despite NSA Surveillance Controversy
3 src Michael Hayden · George W. Bush · Senate Intelligence Committee · National Security Agency · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2006-03-09 | Dubai Ports World Abandons US Port Takeover Under Congressional Pressure
4 src Dubai Ports World · Dennis Hastert · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 2006-02-22 | Bush Threatens First Presidential Veto Over Dubai Ports Deal
3 src George W. Bush · Dubai Ports World · UAE · Republican Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2006-01-03 | Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty in 5M Corruption Scandal
3 src Jack Abramoff · Michael Scanlon · Tom DeLay · U.S. Congress · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-16 | New York Times Exposes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program
5 src James Risen · New York Times · George W. Bush · National Security Agency | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-15 | Coast Guard Identifies Critical Intelligence Gaps in Dubai Ports World Deal
3 src U.S. Coast Guard · Dubai Ports World · UAE · Susan Collins | confirmed | |
| 2005-12-15 | NSA Whistleblower Russell Tice Reports Illegal Domestic Surveillance
3 src National Security Agency · Senate Intelligence Committee · James Risen · New York Times · +1 | confirmed |