"I believe that I am not represented by the big interest groups and the big money corporations, which have increasing control of our money and our politics," she said, adding that she was not against capitalism per se.
"Fishermen and paddlers will be the two biggest interest groups, but we're getting lots of interest from nonprofits as well".
"Youth is the biggest interest group that counts 25% of world's population and 26% of Kazakhstan's population.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Hedge Funds Become a Political Force in New York | Donations by the industry still trail contributions by big special interest groups, but hedge funds, which don't appear to have a unified agenda, have recently increased their clout in New York State politics, according to a report to be released Wednesday by Common Cause New York, The Wall Street Journal reports.
WASHINGTON--The U.S. campaign finance system is so heavily influenced by big-spending interest groups and wealthy individuals that it will take "huge scandals" to change it - and those scandals are looming, Senator John McCain said Tuesday.
We have a corpotatocracy where the elected legislators are in thrall to big business and big special interest groups like the NRA, which is helped by billionaires like the Koch brothers and ALEC.
And they are bewildered by how big-money interest groups seem to sprout out of nowhere -- with no clue of how they are financed.
No celebrating, added Egan, " except by broadcasters cashing the checks of big special interest groups.
By contrast, interest groups with big stakes in the rules follow corporate governance issues closely, and they lobby politicians to get favorable regulations.
