#Corporate-Lobbying
Events indexed under #Corporate-Lobbying — 55 entries in the record.
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| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | Meta Launches Super PAC to Fight AI Regulation at State Level
2 src Meta · Mark Zuckerberg | reported | |
| 2025-07-04 | Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX Lobbyists · Tesla Lobbyists · Greg Abbott · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-22 | Politically Connected Firms Exploit Trump Tariff Exemptions Through Opaque Process
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Reyes Holdings · Ballard Partners | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-25 | Musk and Trump ratchet up involvement in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Brad Schimel | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-20 | Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Brings 42 Corporate Lobbying Clients into White House
3 src Susie Wiles · republic-services · swisher-international · northern-dynasty-minerals · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-04-24 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable | confirmed | |
| 2023-12-01 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC Over 'Black-Box Environment' Lack of Transparency
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Suzanne Clark | confirmed | |
| 2020-01-01 | ALEC's Education Privatization Campaign Achieves Dominance - Model Legislation Controls Voucher Landscape Nationwide
5 src American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-14 | 28 States Adopt Right-to-Work Laws, Documenting ALEC's Systematic Labor Suppression Success
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2013-07-01 | ALEC Coordinates 139 Education Privatization Bills Across States - Systematic Public School Defunding Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education and Workforce Development Task Force · Center for Media and Democracy · K12 Inc. · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2011-07-13 | ALEC Exposed: Leaked Documents Reveal 800 Corporate-Written Model Bills
2 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Center for Media and Democracy · The Nation · Corporate members · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2010-12-03 | ALEC Coordinates Right-to-Work Push After 2010 GOP Midterm Wave
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Scott Fitzgerald · Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · +1 | 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 · Russell Pearce · Jan Brewer · +3 | 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 · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2005-01-01 | ALEC Approves 'Great Schools Tax Credit' Model - Launches Systematic Education Privatization Campaign
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · ALEC Education Task Force · K12 Inc. · Koch Industries · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2002-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council · National Restaurant Association · McDonald's · Walmart · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2001-01-12 | Clinton Roadless Rule Protects 58 Million Acres of National Forests from Logging
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Forest Service · Timber industry · Mining Industry | confirmed | |
| 2000-01-01 | ALEC Promotes Private Correctional Facilities Act Written by CCA Executives on Criminal Justice Task Force
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · Brad Wiggins · John Rees · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1998-10-27 | Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Disney Lobbying Creates 'Mickey Mouse Protection Act,' Extending Corporate Rent Extraction by 20 Years
4 src Walt Disney Company · Bill Clinton · Time Warner · Universal · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1996-02-08 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
10 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Clear Channel Communications · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1996-01-01 | ALEC Adopts Business Plan to "Function More Like a Business" - Formalizes Pay-to-Play Corporate Legislative Model
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council | confirmed | |
| 1995-01-01 | ALEC Criminal Justice Task Force Promotes Truth-in-Sentencing Model Legislation Written by Private Prison Industry
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · State Legislators | confirmed | |
| 1994-01-01 | ALEC Passes Three Strikes Model Legislation Co-Sponsored by Private Prison Industry and NRA
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Corrections Corporation of America · GEO Group · National Rifle Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1993-06-01 | $25 Million Corporate Lobbying Blitz Drives NAFTA Passage Despite Labor Opposition
4 src Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · American Express · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1990-11-15 | Clean Air Act Amendments Pass with Industry-Preferred Market Mechanisms Over Direct Regulation
3 src George H.W. Bush · Environmental Defense Fund · Edison Electric Institute · American Petroleum Institute · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1989-03-24 | Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Triggers Corporate Campaign to Limit Pollution Liability
3 src Exxon Corporation · American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Supreme Court · Alaska Native communities · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1989-01-01 | Global Climate Coalition Formed to Coordinate Industry Climate Denial Campaign
17 src ExxonMobil · Shell · Chevron · Ford Motor Company · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1988-08-01 | Wise Use Movement Founded as Industry-Funded Anti-Environmental Grassroots Campaign
6 src Ron Arnold · Alan Gottlieb · Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise · American Petroleum Institute · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1987-08-04 | Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters
6 src Dennis R. Patrick · Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan · Mark S. Fowler · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1986-10-22 | Tax Reform Act of 1986 - Corporate Lobbying Secures Massive Rate Reductions
3 src Ronald Reagan · Corporate lobbyists · U.S. Senate Finance Committee · U.S. Congress | confirmed | |
| 1983-01-28 | Corrections Corporation of America Founded in Nashville, Launching Modern Private Prison Industry
3 src Thomas W. Beasley · Robert Crants · T. Don Hutto · Corrections Corporation of America · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1980-12-11 | Superfund Law Passes But Industry Successfully Builds In Weaknesses and Delays
3 src Jimmy Carter · Chemical Manufacturers Association · American Petroleum Institute · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1980-01-01 | Corporate Political Mobilization Accelerates Following Powell Memo and Business Roundtable Formation
3 src Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · Lewis Powell · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1978-12-31 | Corporate Lobbying Presence Quintuples in Washington DC
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Corporate Lobbying Industry · Lewis Powell · Fortune 500 Leadership | confirmed | |
| 1978-06-22 | Labor Law Reform Act Killed by Filibuster After Business Roundtable Lobbying Blitz
3 src Business Roundtable · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · National Association of Manufacturers · AFL-CIO · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1977-01-01 | American Enterprise Institute Organizational Profile: Transforming Industry Lobby into 'Scholarly' Think Tank
4 src American Enterprise Institute · Irving Kristol · Jeane Kirkpatrick · Dick Cheney · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1973-12-28 | Endangered Species Act Signed, Industry Groups Immediately Begin Weakening Campaign
3 src Richard Nixon · American Mining Congress · National Forest Products Association · American Farm Bureau Federation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1973-09-01 | ALEC Organizational Profile: Corporate Vote-Buying Mechanism Disguised as Legislative Council
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council · Paul Weyrich · Henry Hyde · Lou Barnett · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1973-01-01 | ALEC Founded to Coordinate Corporate Model Legislation Across State Legislatures
3 src Paul Weyrich · Henry Hyde · American Legislative Exchange Council · Heritage Foundation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1972-10-18 | Clean Water Act Passes Over Nixon Veto After Industry Fails to Block Strong Provisions
3 src Richard Nixon · Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · Chemical Manufacturers Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1971-01-01 | Corporate Lobbying Expansion Begins, Growing From 175 to 2,500 Firms by 1982
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Corporate America | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-31 | Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition
3 src President Richard Nixon · Senator Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · National Coal Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-29 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety
3 src President Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · AFL-CIO · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1966-09-09 | National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act Passes After GM Harassment of Ralph Nader Backfires
3 src President Lyndon B. Johnson · Ralph Nader · General Motors · James Roche · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1964-09-03 | Wilderness Act Signed After Eight Years of Industry Opposition, Creates National Wilderness Preservation System
3 src President Lyndon B. Johnson · Howard Zahniser · Wilderness Society · U.S. Forest Service · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1963-12-17 | Clean Air Act of 1963 Establishes First Federal Air Pollution Control Despite Industry Opposition
5 src President John F. Kennedy · President Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · American Petroleum Institute · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1962-10-10 | Thalidomide Scandal Drives Kefauver-Harris Amendment Strengthening FDA Drug Safety Requirements
3 src Senator Estes Kefauver · Representative Oren Harris · President John F. Kennedy · Frances Kelsey · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1962-01-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Establishes Defense Committee and Hires First Full-Time President
8 src National Association of Manufacturers · Werner P. Gullander · National Defense Committee | confirmed | |
| 1961-01-01 | AMA Launches Operation Coffee Cup with Reagan Recording to Defeat Medicare Through Grassroots Deception
10 src American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan · Loyal Davis · Women's Auxiliary of the AMA | confirmed | |
| 1960-01-01 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Reaches 2.5 Million Members Through Anti-Communist Mobilization
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion | confirmed | |
| 1958-12-05 | NAM Executive VP Charles Sligh Calls for Business Political Mobilization to Build Conservative Coalition
3 src Charles R. Sligh Jr. · National Association of Manufacturers | confirmed | |
| 1954-01-01 | Eisenhower Convenes Business Leaders to Create Public Affairs Council for Political Mobilization
8 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · Public Affairs Council · Effective Citizens Organization | confirmed | |
| 1947-01-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Drafts Taft-Hartley Act "Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph"
3 src National Association of Manufacturers · Robert Taft · Fred Hartley · Donald O'Toole · +3 | confirmed | |
| 1946-01-01 | National Association of Manufacturers Launches Massive Anti-Union Propaganda Campaign After Strike Wave
7 src National Association of Manufacturers · National Industrial Information Council · General Motors · U.S. Steel · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1942-09-01 | Committee for Economic Development Founded as Business-Government Policy Coordination Body
3 src Committee for Economic Development · Paul G. Hoffman · William Benton · Marion B. Folsom · +2 | confirmed |