TARP recipients spent $114 million last year lobbying Congress and funding political campaigns.

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Looks like Obama needs to go back to the drawing board and add a codicil to his executive compensation restrictions... No taxpayers' dollars to be spent lobbying anyone, anyplace, or anything.

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Life in the US by Dennis Kaiser on Wednesday, Feb 4, 2009 at 6:40:24 PM

I thought that was the point by Susan Nelsen on Thursday, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:23:13 PM