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Lobbying the watchdogs

By Elizabeth Brown

Hundreds of companies push their agendas with the GAO, FEC and OGE

Excerpts from this story referencing "Democracy":

"… ported contacting the FEC are public advocacy groups such as Common Cause, Democracy 21 and Public Citizen, which lobby to support changes in campaign finance …"