Congress Wants to Publicly Fund Lobbyists at the SEC

Unknown Cluster #719 Status: Active First seen: 2026-01-29 Last activity: 2026-01-29

House Democrats just helped their GOP colleagues advance a bill establishing a taxpayer-supported corporate lobbying committee within Wall Street’s top regulatory agency, whose only purpose would be to give an even greater voice to pro-corporate and big business concerns. Several of the lawmakers pushing the bill are heavily funded by businesses overseen by the regulator, […]

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Title	Source	Tier	Published
Congress Wants to Publicly Fund Lobbyists at the SEC Representative	jacobin.com	S2	2026-01-28 13:39:34