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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Lots of Money is Flowing Into Washington

Just over $900 million has been spent on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty for firms, and many of them are now lobbying so that both Congress and the executive branch will be friendly to them while sorting out this mess. Unsurprisingly, the health care industry has been leading the way, accounting for 18% of that lobbying. It is estimated that this quarter will be the most money ever spent on lobbying in history, narrowly beating out 2010's first quarter. As this pandemic continues, it will be interesting to see if companies that spent lots of money on lobbying, like Facebook, get preferential treatment from Congress or not.

In other news, although Tik Tok was just officially listed as a dangerous technology in S.2, passed during our simulation, this Tik Tok is oddly related to our last class: https://vm.tiktok.com/vQdUNp/
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