Elizabeth Warren just proposed a steep new tax on “excessive” lobbying. Corporations and trade associations would face levies of as much as 75% on the money they spend lobbying the federal government.
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren today proposed a steep new tax on “excessive” lobbying.
Corporations and trade associations would face levies of as much as 75 percent on the money they spend lobbying the federal government. Warren said the idea is designed to simultaneously reduce the power of lobbyists while also generating billions in revenue that she says would be earmarked for shoring up federal agencies that face "significant lobbying activity" and support offices for Congress like the CBO.
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