#Corporate-Influence
Events indexed under #Corporate-Influence — 54 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Grover Norquist and 35 Conservative Groups Urge Trump to Let ACA Tax Credits Expire While Opposing Corporate Tax Credit Expirations
4 src Grover Norquist · Americans for Tax Reform · Americans for Prosperity · David McIntosh · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House | reported | |
| 2025-08-27 | Silicon Valley Launches $200 Million Super PAC to Block AI Regulations Ahead of Midterms
3 src Meta · Andreessen Horowitz · Greg Brockman · OpenAI | reported | |
| 2025-08-22 | U.S. Government Takes 10% Equity Stake in Intel Through CHIPS Act Conversion
3 src Howard Lutnick · Trump · U.S. Department of Commerce · Intel | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Corporate PACs Donated $174 Million to Lawmakers Who Attempted to Overturn 2020 Election
2 src Koch Industries · AT&T | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-01 | Qualcomm Donates $1 Million to Trump-Aligned Dark Money Group
2 src Donald Trump | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-21 | Trump Raised $239 Million for Inauguration, More Than Doubling Previous Record
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-19 | Amazon and Meta are among the corporate sponsors of the White House Easter Egg Roll
4 src Donald Trump · Melania Trump · Amazon · Meta · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-10 | Labor leaders fear Elon Musk and DOGE could gain access to whistleblower files
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · AFL-CIO · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-27 | Musk announces $1 million for Wisconsin voter in Supreme Court race
4 src Elon Musk · Brad Schimel · Susan Crawford · Josh Kaul | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-20 | Commerce Secretary Lutnick Urges Public to Buy Tesla Stock, Violating Ethics Rules
3 src Howard Lutnick · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-12 | Trump Turns White House Lawn into Tesla Showroom, Purchases Model S to Support Musk
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · White House Staff | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | Not just Big Tech: under-the-radar corporations rushed to donate to Trump's inauguration
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · CoreCivic · GEO Group | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-25 | Trump inauguration raises record $251.4 million from corporations
3 src Trump Inaugural Committee | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-13 | Trump Inauguration Raises Record $245 Million with $161 Million from Corporations Facing Federal Enforcement
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Inaugural Committee · Amazon · Meta · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-20 | FDA Commissioner Califf's Pharmaceutical Industry Revolving Door Scrutinized
3 src Food and Drug Administration · Joe Manchin · Bernie Sanders | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-20 | Defense Contractors Market Ukraine War as "Battle-Tested" Surveillance Technology Proving Ground
3 src Anduril Industries · Palantir Technologies · Clearview AI | confirmed | |
| 2023-06-20 | ProPublica Reveals Samuel Alito's Undisclosed Luxury Trip with Billionaire Paul Singer
3 src Samuel Alito · Paul Singer · Leonard Leo · ProPublica | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | 440 Voter Restriction Bills Introduced in 49 States - ALEC's Largest Suppression Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · Republican state legislators · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2021-01-01 | ALEC Develops New Model Election Bills to Implement Trump's "Big Lie"
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · Heritage Action · State Policy Network · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2019-05-15 | Utah adopts ALEC model legislation requiring legislative approval for "major" agency rules
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 2019-03-05 | During Sprint merger review, T-Mobile executives spent ~$195,000 at Trump's D.C. hotel
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Elizabeth Warren · Pramila Jayapal | confirmed | |
| 2018-04-01 | T-Mobile Executives Spend 95K at Trump Hotel During Merger Review
3 src T-Mobile · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Corey Lewandowski | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Apple Receives Special Tariff Exemptions After CEO Cultivates Trump Relationship
4 src Donald Trump · Tim Cook | 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 | |
| 2009-09-12 | 9/12 Taxpayer March on Washington Demonstrates Koch Network Mobilization Power
3 src FreedomWorks · Americans for Prosperity · Dick Armey · David Koch · +4 | 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 | |
| 2009-04-15 | Tax Day Tea Party Protests Organized by Koch Network Groups
3 src Americans for Prosperity · FreedomWorks · David Koch · Charles Koch · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2009-02-19 | Rick Santelli CNBC Rant Triggers Immediate Koch Network Tea Party Response
3 src David Koch · Charles Koch · Americans for Prosperity · FreedomWorks · +1 | 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 | |
| 2004-07-22 | Koch Network Restructures: CSE Splits into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity
3 src David Koch · Charles Koch · Dick Armey · FreedomWorks · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-04-17 | Kenneth Lay's Influence on Cheney Energy Task Force: Corporate Policy Capture
4 src Kenneth Lay · Dick Cheney · George W. Bush · Enron Corporation | confirmed | |
| 2000-12-12 | Supreme Court Delivers Partisan Bush v. Gore Decision with Corporate Legal Team Involvement
4 src George W. Bush · Al Gore · William Rehnquist · Sandra Day O'Connor · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | Systematic Coordination Emerges in Corporate PAC Explosion Post-Buckley
5 src Supreme Court Justices | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | K Street Project Systematically Transforms Washington Lobbying Infrastructure
3 src Tom DeLay · Grover Norquist | confirmed | |
| 1994-11-08 | Republicans Win Historic Midterm Election with Contract with America
3 src Newt Gingrich · Dick Armey · Richard Mellon Scaife · Joseph Coors · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1973-10-01 | Trilateral Commission Founded by David Rockefeller
3 src Jimmy Carter | confirmed | |
| 1973-02-16 | Heritage Foundation Founded by Conservative Activists and Business Leaders
3 src Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner · Joseph Coors · Heritage Foundation | confirmed | |
| 1946-11-09 | Price Controls End After Corporate Decontrol Campaign, Inflation Spikes
3 src Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1946-06-11 | Administrative Procedure Act Codifies Regulatory Process, Creates Industry Capture Opportunities
3 src U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · American Bar Association · Federal Agencies | confirmed | |
| 1946-02-20 | Employment Act of 1946 Gutted, Full Employment Guarantee Abandoned
3 src U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1945-09-06 | Truman 21-Point Program Defeated, Corporate Backlash Against New Deal Begins
3 src Harry Truman · U.S. Congress · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1944-07-21 | Democratic Convention Ousts Henry Wallace, Party Bosses Install Truman
3 src Harry Truman · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Democratic National Committee | confirmed | |
| 1942-04-28 | Renegotiation Act Enables Limited War Profit Recovery After Corporate Resistance
3 src U.S. Congress · U.S. War Department · Defense contractors · Truman Committee | confirmed | |
| 1942-01-12 | National War Labor Board Established, No-Strike Pledge Constrains Unions
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · AFL · CIO · War Production Board | confirmed | |
| 1940-10-08 | Excess Profits Tax Passed with Corporate Lobbying Loopholes
3 src U.S. Congress · Franklin D. Roosevelt · U.S. Treasury Department · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1929-03-31 | Bernays "Torches of Freedom" Campaign Uses Feminism to Sell Cigarettes
3 src Edward Bernays · American Tobacco Company | confirmed | |
| 1924-01-15 | National Industrial Conference Board Coordinates Corporate Anti-Union Propaganda
3 src National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce | confirmed | |
| 1923-01-01 | Edward Bernays Publishes "Crystallizing Public Opinion" Launching Modern PR Industry
3 src Edward Bernays · American Tobacco Company | confirmed | |
| 1919-11-11 | American Legion Founded with Corporate Backing as Anti-Radical Force
6 src American Legion | confirmed | |
| 1884-11-04 | Cleveland Election Marks Shift Toward Corporate Campaign Financing
3 src Grover Cleveland · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1878-02-28 | Bland-Allison Act Overrides Presidential Veto, Restores Silver Coinage
3 src Rutherford B. Hayes · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1873-04-14 | Slaughterhouse Cases Gut Fourteenth Amendment Protections
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Louisiana Legislature | confirmed | |
| 1868-07-09 | Fourteenth Amendment Ratified: Corporate Hijacking Begins
3 src U.S. Congress · Louisiana Legislature · South Carolina Legislature | confirmed |