Thread: No wonder Congress has been ignoring the American people!

No wonder Congress has been ignoring the American people -
remind them who they work for!

http://www.opensecrets.org/

The pro-immigration lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill are enormous!

In 2006:

- The US Chamber of Commerce spent $72.4 million lobbying Congress on immigration reform, and had 15 lobbyists on Capitol Hill.

- Microsoft spent $8.88 million on lobbying and had 25 lobbyists on Capitol Hill; Oracle had 10 lobbyists.

- Immigration Voice (lobbies for H1B increases) had 14 lobbyists on Capitol Hill

- La Raza had 13 lobbyists on Capitol Hill

- FAIR had 5 lobbyists, while NumbersUSA had 3


Look to see who lobbied Congress on immigration last year:


National Assn of Home Builders - 30
Microsoft Corp - 25
Accenture - 20
American Federation of Govt Employees - 20
American Farm Bureau Federation - 18
National Assn of Manufacturers - 17
Anheuser-Busch - 16
Associated Builders & Contractors - 15
US Chamber of Commerce - 15
Human Rights Campaign - 14
Immigration Voice - 14
AFL-CIO - 13
National Council of La Raza - 13
Natl Assn of Public Hosp & Health Sys - 13
DSNR Ltd - 12
Micron Technology - 12
Assn of Independent Research Institutes - 10
National Assn Community Health Ctrs - 10
Oracle Corp - 10
American Resort Development Assn - 9
Americans for the Arts - 9
Centex Corp - 9
Crossmatch Technologies - 9
DaimlerChrysler - 9
Home Depot - 9
IBM Corp - 9
Coalition for Comprehensive Imm Reform - 8
Financial Services Roundtable - 8
Service Employees International Union - 8
American Health Care Assn - 7
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society - 7
National Restaurant Assn - 7
American Immigration Lawyers Assn - 6
Cummins Inc - 6
Driftwood Properties - 6
Miami-Dade County, FL - 6
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ - 6
American Council on Education - 5
American Nurses Assn - 5
Computer Sciences Corp - 5
Federation for Amer Immigration Reform - 5
Infineon Technologies AG
Infineon Technologies North America Corp 5
International Council of Cruise Lines - 5
International Rescue Committee - 5
National Basketball Assn - 5
National Immigration Forum - 5
National Milk Producers Federation - 5
New York Farm Bureau Federation - 5
People for the American Way - 5
Rfxcel Corp - 5
American Assn of University Women - 4
American Council on Intl Personnel - 4
American Meat Institute - 4
American Staffing Assn - 4
Americans for Tax Reform - 4
Compete America - 4
Farmers Educational Cooperative Union - 4
Harrah's Entertainment - 4
Institute/Electrical & Electronics Engrs - 4
International Franchise Assn - 4
Intl Pizza Hut Franchisee Holders Assn - 4
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights - 4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - 4
Monterey County Administrative Office 4
Professional Lawn Care Assn of America - 4
Semiconductor Industry Assn - 4
St Joseph's Hospital / Atlanta Cardiology Group 4
Travel Business Roundtable - 4
United Farm Workers - 4
United Food & Commercial Workers Union - 4
Agricultural Cltn for Immigration Reform - 3
Airports Council International - 3
American Electronics Assn - 3
American Horse Council - 3
American Rental Assn - 3
Angel Island Immigration Station - 3
Anti-Defamation League - 3
Baylor College of Medicine - 3
Center for Community Change - 3
Center on Budget & Policy Priorities - 3
City of St Paul, MN - 3
Computer & Communications Industry Assn - 3
Cornell Companies - 3
Deere & Co - 3
eBay Inc - 3
Gemalto - 3
Greater Houston Partnership - 3
Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization - 3
HR Policy Assn - 3
Laborers Union - 3
Legal Momentum - 3
NAFSA Assn of International Educators - 3
National Council of Agric Employers - 3
National Utility Contractors Assn - 3
Natl Assn of Computer Consult Businesses - 3
Natl Assn of Software & Services Cos - 3
Nec Corp / Nec USA 3
NumbersUSA.com - 3
San Joaquin County, CA - 3
Seaboard Corp - 3
Seniors Coalition - 3
Society for Human Resource Management - 3
Southwestern/Great American Inc - 3
State University of New York
Cornell University 3
Teamsters Union - 3
Texas Instruments - 3
Travel Industry Assn of America - 3
Tyson Foods - 3
United Jewish Communities - 3
University of Nebraska - 3
US Cmte for Refugees & Immigrants - 3
US-Mexico Border Counties Coalition - 3
Wal-Mart Stores - 3
Aleut Corp - 2
Alliance Air Services - 2
American Forest & Paper Assn - 2
American Hospital Assn/Texas Hospital Assn 2
American Hotel & Lodging Assn - 2
American Jewish Cmte - 2
American Legion - 2
American Museum of Natural History - 2
American Nursery & Landscape Assn - 2
American Subcontractors Assn - 2
American Symphony Orchestra League - 2
Applied Materials Inc - 2
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation - 2
Banner Health Care - 2
Barry University - 2
Brinker International - 2
California Dairies Inc - 2
California Primary Care Assn - 2
Catholic Health Assn of the US - 2
Center for American Progress - 2
Christian Coalition - 2
Churrascaria Fogo de Chao - 2
City of Anaheim, CA - 2
Coca-Cola Co - 2
Conference of Provincials of N America - 2
Consumer Electronic Assn - 2
Countrywide Financial/Countrywide Home Loans 2
Delphi Corp - 2
Essential Worker Immigration Coalition - 2
Exxon Mobil - 2
Fed of Employers & Workers of America - 2
Feld Entertainment - 2
Food Research & Action Center - 2
Gemplus - 2
Green Industry Council - 2
Harvard University - 2
Helicopter Assn International - 2
Hewlett-Packard - 2
Immigration Equality - 2
Ingersoll-Rand - 2
InterContinental Hotels Group - 2
Intl Assn of Amusement Parks - 2
Intl Foodservice Distributors Assn - 2
Kansas Farm Bureau - 2
Labor Ready - 2
Lasercard Corp - 2
Los Angeles County, CA - 2
Major League Baseball Commissioner's Ofc - 2
Monmouth University - 2
NAAA-ADC Inc - 2
National Cattlemen's Beef Assn /Texas Cattle Feeders Assn 2
National Chicken Council - 2
National Club Assn - 2
National Council of Farmer Co-ops - 2
National Education Assn - 2
National Multi Housing Council - 2
National Roofing Contractors Assn - 2
National Venture Capital Assn - 2
Natl Assn/Computer Consultant Businesses - 2
NETWORK - 2
New England Neurological Assoc - 2
Nike Inc - 2
Nissan North America - 2
Northwestern University - 2
Nueva Esperanza - 2
Open Society Institute/Open Society Policy Center 2
Principal Financial Group - 2
Rockwell Collins Inc - 2
Rockwell International/Rockwell Automation 2
Rutgers, the State University of NJ - 2
Semiconductor Equipment & Materials Intl - 2
Stanford University - 2
Tanimura & Antle - 2
Time Warner - 2
Transport Workers Union - 2
UNITE HERE - 2
United Auto Workers - 2
University of Washington - 2
Upstate Farms Cooperative - 2
US Border Control - 2
Victor Alberto Venero Garrido - 2
Vietnam Assn of Seafood Exporters & Prod - 2
Visiting International Faculty Program - 2
3M Co - 1
Acute Long Term Hospital Assn - 1
Adecco - 1
Advanced Micro Devices - 1
AFL-CIO/AFL-CIO Professional Employees Dept 1
Agilent Technologies - 1
Alabama Farmers Federation - 1
Altria Group - 1
American Assn of Community Colleges - 1
American Bar Assn - 1
American Farm Bureau Texas Farm Bureau 1
American Federation of Musicians - 1
American Hospital Assn - 1
American Jewish Congress - 1
American Mushroom Institute - 1
American Physical Therapy Assn - 1
American Society of Travel Agents - 1
American Thoracic Society - 1
Americans for Immigration Control - 1
Amn Healthcare - 1
AMN Healthcare Services/O'Grady Peyton International 1
ARC of the US /Arc of the US 1
Arizona State University - 1
Assn of Jesuit Colleges & Universities - 1
Beverly Enterprises - 1
CA Inc - 1
California Healthcare Assn - 1
California Landscape Contractors - 1
Cargill Inc - 1
Center for Individual Freedom - 1
Center for International Education - 1
Chevron Corp - 1
Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform - 1
Cisco Systems - 1
City & County of San Francisco, CA - 1
CoBank ACB - 1
Commission on Grads Foreign Nursing Schl - 1
Communicating for Agriculture Inc - 1
ConAgra Inc - 1
Council for Government Reform RetireSafe 1
Dairy Farmers of America - 1
Darden Restaurants - 1
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu /Deloitte Tax 1
E&J Gallo Winery - 1
EDS Corp - 1
Electronic Industries Alliance - 1
Emory University - 1
English First - 1
Fashion Model Fairness Project - 1
Ferrer-Morgan, Manuel - 1
Force Protection Industries - 1
Friends Cmte on National Legislation - 1
General Electric - 1
Government of El Salvador - 1
Grand Hotel Co - 1
Human Rights First - 1
Immigrant Investors Assn - 1
Institute of Real Estate Management - 1
Intel Corp - 1
International Longshoremens Assn/Intl Longshoremen's/Warehousemen's Union 1
International University of Nursing - 1
Intl Fedn of Prof & Technical Engineers - 1
Iowa State University - 1
Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago - 1
Kimberly-Clark - 1
Land O'Lakes - 1
Livingston Group - 1
Lockheed Martin - 1
Log Cabin Republicans - 1
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union - 1
Major League Baseball Players Assn - 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1
Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1
Milwaukee County, WI - 1
Molson Coors Brewing /Coors Brewing 1
Monster Government Solutions - 1
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Assn - 1
NAACP - 1
National Franchise Assn - 1
National PTA - 1
Natl Assn Plumb-Heat-Cooling Contractors - 1
Nestle USA - 1
New England Council - 1
New Jersey Hospital Assn - 1
New York University - 1
North American Institute of Aviation - 1
North American Midway Entertainment /Farrow Shows Inc 1
Northern Colorado Stone Quarriers Assn - 1
Office Depot - 1
Omega Protein - 1
Outback Steakhouse - 1
Painters & Allied Trades Union - 1
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Edu /Penn State University 1
Princeton University - 1
Qualcomm Inc - 1
Republican Jewish Coalition - 1
Rockit Fund - 1
Room Block Inc - 1
San Antonio Trade Group - 1
Seamus Literary & Editorial Services - 1
Sheet Metal Workers Union - 1
Sherritt International - 1
Sinclair Oil - 1
Southeast Dairy Farmer Assn - 1
Spanish-American Institute - 1
St Elizabeth Medical Center - 1
Stephens Group - 1
Strategic Solutions Washington - 1
Sun Microsystems - 1
Swift & Co - 1
Tahirih Justice Center - 1
Texas Pacific Group /Burger King 1
Theodosiou, Phillip - 1
Torchmark Corp /United American Insurance 1
Unisys Corp - 1
United Cerebral Palsy Assn - 1
United Egg Producers - 1
University of California - 1
University of Chicago - 1
University of Illinois - 1
University of Iowa - 1
University of Miami - 1
University of Michigan - 1
University of Pittsburgh - 1
University of Southern California - 1
University of Wisconsin/University of Wisconsin/Madison 1
US Business & Industry Council - 1
US Olympic Committee - 1
Vanderbilt University - 1
Western United Dairymen - 1
Wine Institute - 1
Xilinx Inc - 1

This sickens me!!!

wow....




The NBA? why would the NBA push for illegal immigrants. OH I KNOW WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just cant say why.

La Raza had 13 lobbyists on Capitol Hill

Paid for, in part, by our tax dollars.

Question.?......Who was the first lobbyist? What administration allowed it? What was the lobbyist fighting for?

The voice of the people will never be heard with lobbyists on capital hill. Money trumps all!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone who knows the answer to my questions I would love to know!

Thinking here.

If we are unable to stop this crime our goverenment is perpuatating against the citizens of this country, with the help of the above metioned organazations. I propose that if this happens that we start to use our energy to educate Americans with what happend and why it happened and to make everyone involved with this CRIME pay. Make them pay by educating people and not buying or using their goods. Let the illegals support them. Since they care so much more about them then they do us, its own citizens.

AND TO THINK WE'VE HELD THEM OFF THIS LONG!!! john wayne would be proud.

Anheuser-Busch - 16
john mccain's family business..........well done mccain.

Couldn't this be a CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
Or are you going to lay the blame on the wife?

TRAITOR in more ways than one!!

Tell me johnny boy, how come the other VN POW's never stand behind or beside you? Hmmmmm, johnny? Wondering.........wondering........

Hey johnny, just 2 more questions:
When was it that you first began doing business with the communists in Vietnam? Was it BEFORE or after it became LEGAL? hmmmm?

Was it BEFORE or after you threw our POW's to the wolves along with Jfnkerry? hmmmmm?
Or did throwing our POW's to the wolves merely legitimize your business deals with the communists? Hmmmm?

Originally Posted by olivermyboy

This sickens me!!!

ME TOO!
But, we have a membership of over 280 million Americans. Someone HAS to listen to us, don't they? We can't completely be shut out from any decision making, can we? We are "the people".

The voice of the people will never be heard with lobbyists on capital hill. Money trumps all!!!!!!!!!!

Actually "We the People" have stopped this lunacy multiple times and we are getting stronger every day.

Every day folks like us can take credit for putting the heat on our representatives and forcing them to change course in the face of big dollar lobbyists doing they're best to usurp us.

If we can network Americans together on this issue, we will be unstoppable!

We just need to get the unity message out there and then we can watch our elected officials start step'n and fetch'n.
Just good clean fun!

So shout it from the roof tops!
Come join in, we can do this!