Ron Nixon presents during the free business journalism workshop, "Follow the Money -- Tracking Companies' Influence on Politics."
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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
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
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.
10. Documents Used
— Lobbying Disclosure records
— Federal Register
— Comments on proposed regulations written by
members of Congress and industry obtained through
regulations.gov website.
18. Documents Used
— Cuts, Consolidation and Savings budget report from
the White House
— Lobbying disclosure reports
— Campaign finance report
— The Congressional Record
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