Buying Broadband a Boost: The Information Super Buy-Way?

Contributing Organization(s): National Institute on Money in State Politics


Author(s)/Creator(s): Peter Quist

Publishing Date: 2009-03-30

Issue Areas: Computers and Technology; Government Reform

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The federal government and many state governments are making efforts to increase or improve access to broadband internet services. With this attention in the states, communication companies are spending millions of dollars on state campaigns and hiring thousands of state-level lobbyists.

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  • The five communications companies in the report hired 2,609 lobbyists around the country. Again, AT&T and Verizon led the pack, with 1,373 and 868, respectively.
  • The five communications companies this report gave almost evenly to Republican and Democratic candidates across the country. Republicans received $7.6 million and Democrats received $6.8 million. However, the companies gave $6 million to Republican party committees, almost twice the $3.5 million given to Democratic party committees.
  • California received the most contributions from the five communications companies in the report, by far. Recipients in California got $8.2 million. Florida was second with $2.8 million.
  • Of the five communications companies studied, AT&T and Verizon dominated the contributing, giving $14.9 million and $10.8 million respectively. Qwest, Embarq, and U.S. Cellular combined for an additional $2.4 million.

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Intended Audience: Advocates; General Public; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers

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Language code: English

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