Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100317:12:28:00
>> reporter: today, critics like public citizen describe the chamber as too political with enormous influence over national policy. according to the center for responsive politics, between 1998 and 2009, the chamber spent $606,758,180 to lobby lawmakers, pay for political ads and grassroots organizing. in 2009 alone it spent $144.5 million on lobbying a variety of different issues. that's a lot of money. >> well, it is a lot of money, but i didn't hear a lot of concern about the unions spending $420 million in the '08 elections to elect this majority. >> reporter: still, by far and away, you g...
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