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 CRP: Tobacco Tally -- Center for Responsive Politics has "a snapshot of what Big Tobacco is contributing to Congress, and who''s getting the money".
Commentary: The Power of Tobacco -- Short essay on tobacco industry power focuses on its lobbying and influence in the U.S. federal government.
Common Cause -- Tobacco Industry Political Giving -- Outlines and summarizes by company a ten year history of campaign contributions, soft money, PACs.
Common Cause Report: Tobacco Political Giving Report -- Reports which members of Congress have taken tobacco money, and how much.
PBS: The People & The Power Game: Interview with Mike Pertschuk -- Transcript of interview with Mike Pertshuk; how Big Tobacco lobbies Washington.
PBS: free speech for sale -- Bill Moyers reports on how the tobacco industry plowed $40 million -- "the highest amount ever spent in the United States" on a single PR campaign that "distorted the facts and misled the public" in order to defeat tobacco legislation the industry didn''t like.
Pack Contributions: Tobacco lobbyists do a smokin'' business with politicians -- Recent reports identify Philip Morris as the single largest contributor to politicians. A report on Colorado politicians who''ve taken money, and what Big Tobacco has gotten in return.
Prairie Law Journal: Big Tobacco Lobbying Costs $81,000 Per Member of Congress in First Half of 1998 -- Big Tobacco paid lobbyists unprecedented amounts to keep public health legislation from being passed.
Republican National Committees -- The tobacco industry is a top giver of "soft money" to both political parties, but lately Republicans have been getting about 80% of tobacco money.
Senate Tobacco PAC $ and 1998 Tobacco Votes -- Is your Senator on the take from Big Tobacco? And has it affected his votes? Report from Public Citizen.
Serious Money: The Top 100 Contributors -- The number one contributor to political parties in 1995-96 was Philip Morris, the largest tobacco company in the world. This report lists all of the top 100 contributors.
Sweethearts of Big Tobacco Report -- Who are the top ten tobacco PAC recipients in the Senate? How about the House? This report tells all! Some well-known names, including elected officials involved in national legislation affecting Big Tobacco.
The Buying of the Congress - Transcripts, David Kessler -- Public Integrity interview with David Kessler, MD, Ph.D. Topics include tobacco industry lobbying, power, money, and strategies in Washington.
The Buying of the Congress - Transcripts, Henry Waxman -- Public Integrity interview with Congressman Henry Waxman. Not entirely about tobacco, but substantial material.
The Inhalers -- "They may not smoke tobacco products, but some in Congress are addicted to the industry''s money." Common Cause on tobacco money in Congress: how much, who gets it, and what it buys.
The People & The Power Game: Interview with Henry Waxman (D-CA) -- PBS: The Tobacco Lobby: Money, "grassroots", and telemarketing.
The People & The Power Game: Transcript of The Unelected: The Media & The Lobbies -- "The cigarette industry knows its way around Capitol Hill and usually gets what it wants...Polls show that most Americans support strong anti-smoking laws, but only a handful have passed. Most have died in Congress. Cigarette companies are the masters of inside lobbying, the money game".
Tobacco Hard & Soft Dollar Summary for the 105th Congress -- From the Center for Responsive Politics: the scorecard on who among your elected representives took tobacco money.
Tobacco Industry Activity in the U.S. -- Reports on industry activity by state; reports currently available for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusettes, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin.
Tobacco PAC money: how it works -- Report from the Center for Responsibe Politics on tobacco money taken by Congress and voting records on bills affecting the tobacco industry.
Undermining Popular Government: Tobacco Industry Political Expenditures in California, 1993-1994 -- Documents how the tobacco industry influences law in California.
Washingtonpost.com: Big Tobacco Filters Into Campaign Coffers -- Many different ways an elected official can take tobacco money; this article summarizes.
Who''s Tobacco Friendly? -- ABC News connects voting records of Congresspersons with the tobacco money they''ve taken.
Who''s Wielding Power in Washington -- "1995, Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) distributed checks from tobacco PACs to members on the floor of the House. That was a signal to many critics of Congress that corruption had become institutionalized".

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