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Access and Influence: A guide to
following the money and legislative
      or regulatory outcomes.
Money: The Mother’s Milk of politics.

	
  
	
  
There	
  are	
  two	
  things	
  that	
  are	
  important	
  in	
  poli1cs.	
  
The	
  first	
  is	
  money	
  and	
  I	
  can't	
  remember	
  what	
  the	
  second	
  one	
  is.	
  
-­‐-­‐	
  Ohio	
  poli)cal	
  boss	
  and	
  U.S.	
  Senator	
  Mark	
  Hanna,	
  1895	
  and	
  
fundraiser	
  for	
  President	
  William	
  McKinley.	
  
Tracking the Money In:

—  Campaign	
  Contribu.ons	
  
—  Personal	
  Financial	
  disclosures	
  
—  Lobbying	
  disclosure	
  forms	
  
—  Nonprofit/527’s	
  
—  Property/Real	
  Estate	
  
—  Adver.sing/Consul.ng	
  
—  Super	
  PACs	
  
Tracking the Money Out:

—  Federal/State/Local	
  Contracts	
  
—  Earmarks/Tax	
  benefits/Regula.ons	
  
—  Vote	
  for/against	
  legisla.on/regula.on	
  
—  Revolving	
  Door	
  (Jobs,	
  consul.ng,	
  hiring	
  spouse,	
  former	
  
    staffers)	
  
—  Trips	
  and	
  GiPs	
  
—  LeQers	
  of	
  Support/LeQermarking	
  
—  Appointments	
  
—  Giving	
  to	
  Founda.on/nonprofit	
  linked	
  to	
  lawmakers	
  
Tax me if you can!
Documents Used

—  Joint Tax Committee in Congress
—  U.S. Tax Code
—  Senate and House Member Websites
—  Senate Office of Public Records
—  Campaign Finance reports
Axis of Evil Business?
Documents Used

—  Office of Foreign Asset Control license database
    obtained through lawsuit against Department of
    Treasury.
—  Letters in OFAC files written by members of
    Congress in support of companies seeking
    permission to operate in Iran.
Pizza as a Vegetable?
Documents Used

—  Lobbying Disclosure records
—  Federal Register
—  Comments on proposed regulations written by
 members of Congress and industry obtained through
 regulations.gov website.
The End of Earmarks?
Documents Used

—  Lobbying disclosure records
—  Appropriation bill
—  Committee reports
Lettermarking!
Documents Used

—  Letters obtained under Freedom of Information Act
 to various agencies
It just won’t die!
Documents Used

—  Cuts, Consolidations and Saving budget report from
    the White House
—  Lobbying disclosure reports
—  Campaign finance reports
It won’t die either!
Documents Used

—  Cuts, Consolidation and Savings budget report from
    the White House
—  Lobbying disclosure reports
—  Campaign finance report
—  The Congressional Record
Charitable Contributions
Documents Used

—  Campaign Finance reports
—  Lobbying Disclosure reports
—  Annual Reports
—  Foundation tax forms
Not for Profit!
Documents Used

—  Congressional Earmark requests
—  Lobbying disclosure records
—  Campaign finance reports
—  Godaddy.com website
—  I.R.S.
I’m a Business, Man!
“Disregard the Man behind the Curtain!”
Documents Used

—  Congressional Records
—  Lobbying disclosure reports
We are the Champions!
—  Campaign Finance reports
—  Thomas.gov
—  Congressional websites
—  Congressional votes database
All in the Family!
Documents Used

—  LegiStorm database
—  Lobbying disclosure reports
Regulators! Mount Up!
Documents Used

—  Agency travel records
—  Office of Government Ethics private sponsored travel
 reports
A Seat at the Table.
—  Agency websites
—  State Campaign finance records
—  Meeting notes
—  Legislative audits
Bad Medicine
Documents Used

—  State and Federal Campaign Finance Records
—  State and Federal Lobbying disclosure records
—  Political ad records from local TV stations
—  Corporate annual reports
—  I.R.S. tax form 990
Tying Contributions to Outcomes: Resources

—  The Congressional Record
—  Lawmakers websites
—  Regulations.gov
—  FOIA
—  Lobbying disclosure forms
—  Office of Government Ethics
—  Federal Register
—  Guidestar/IRS 990s
Resources Cont:

—  Appropriation bills and committee reports
—  Authorization committees (House and Senate)
—  Letters/Communications between Agency staffers
    and former employers.
—  Thomas
—  GovTrack
—  LegiStorm
—  Federal Advisory Committees
—  Congressional Tax Committees
So Damn Much Money!

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Access and Influence by Ron Nixon

  • 1. Access and Influence: A guide to following the money and legislative or regulatory outcomes.
  • 2. Money: The Mother’s Milk of politics.     There  are  two  things  that  are  important  in  poli1cs.   The  first  is  money  and  I  can't  remember  what  the  second  one  is.   -­‐-­‐  Ohio  poli)cal  boss  and  U.S.  Senator  Mark  Hanna,  1895  and   fundraiser  for  President  William  McKinley.  
  • 3. Tracking the Money In: —  Campaign  Contribu.ons   —  Personal  Financial  disclosures   —  Lobbying  disclosure  forms   —  Nonprofit/527’s   —  Property/Real  Estate   —  Adver.sing/Consul.ng   —  Super  PACs  
  • 4. Tracking the Money Out: —  Federal/State/Local  Contracts   —  Earmarks/Tax  benefits/Regula.ons   —  Vote  for/against  legisla.on/regula.on   —  Revolving  Door  (Jobs,  consul.ng,  hiring  spouse,  former   staffers)   —  Trips  and  GiPs   —  LeQers  of  Support/LeQermarking   —  Appointments   —  Giving  to  Founda.on/nonprofit  linked  to  lawmakers  
  • 5. Tax me if you can!
  • 6. Documents Used —  Joint Tax Committee in Congress —  U.S. Tax Code —  Senate and House Member Websites —  Senate Office of Public Records —  Campaign Finance reports
  • 7. Axis of Evil Business?
  • 8. Documents Used —  Office of Foreign Asset Control license database obtained through lawsuit against Department of Treasury. —  Letters in OFAC files written by members of Congress in support of companies seeking permission to operate in Iran.
  • 9. Pizza as a Vegetable?
  • 10. Documents Used —  Lobbying Disclosure records —  Federal Register —  Comments on proposed regulations written by members of Congress and industry obtained through regulations.gov website.
  • 11. The End of Earmarks?
  • 12. Documents Used —  Lobbying disclosure records —  Appropriation bill —  Committee reports
  • 14. Documents Used —  Letters obtained under Freedom of Information Act to various agencies
  • 16. Documents Used —  Cuts, Consolidations and Saving budget report from the White House —  Lobbying disclosure reports —  Campaign finance reports
  • 17. It won’t die either!
  • 18. Documents Used —  Cuts, Consolidation and Savings budget report from the White House —  Lobbying disclosure reports —  Campaign finance report —  The Congressional Record
  • 20. Documents Used —  Campaign Finance reports —  Lobbying Disclosure reports —  Annual Reports —  Foundation tax forms
  • 22. Documents Used —  Congressional Earmark requests —  Lobbying disclosure records —  Campaign finance reports —  Godaddy.com website —  I.R.S.
  • 24. “Disregard the Man behind the Curtain!”
  • 25. Documents Used —  Congressional Records —  Lobbying disclosure reports
  • 26. We are the Champions!
  • 27. —  Campaign Finance reports —  Thomas.gov —  Congressional websites —  Congressional votes database
  • 28. All in the Family!
  • 29. Documents Used —  LegiStorm database —  Lobbying disclosure reports
  • 31. Documents Used —  Agency travel records —  Office of Government Ethics private sponsored travel reports
  • 32. A Seat at the Table.
  • 33. —  Agency websites —  State Campaign finance records —  Meeting notes —  Legislative audits
  • 35. Documents Used —  State and Federal Campaign Finance Records —  State and Federal Lobbying disclosure records —  Political ad records from local TV stations —  Corporate annual reports —  I.R.S. tax form 990
  • 36. Tying Contributions to Outcomes: Resources —  The Congressional Record —  Lawmakers websites —  Regulations.gov —  FOIA —  Lobbying disclosure forms —  Office of Government Ethics —  Federal Register —  Guidestar/IRS 990s
  • 37. Resources Cont: —  Appropriation bills and committee reports —  Authorization committees (House and Senate) —  Letters/Communications between Agency staffers and former employers. —  Thomas —  GovTrack —  LegiStorm —  Federal Advisory Committees —  Congressional Tax Committees
  • 38. So Damn Much Money!