Lobbyists and Their Return on Investment

Lobbyists say legislation would grind to a halt without them and for just a few million, they can make clients billions

Lindsay Hooper

lobbyists Lindsay Hooper

Spencer Heyfron for TIME

Firm: Capitol Tax Partners LLC

Clients: Goldman Sachs, Ford, Apple and 55 others

Firm lobbying fees 2009-10: $14.2 million

During the financial-reform debates, Hooper, representing clean-coal, wind and other energy outfits, pushed back against proposed investment bans — specifically one on proprietary trading — to facilitate green-energy financing

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