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Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Due to its ties to the Gulf, DMGT has concentrated its events business there. Among the prominent media personalities that met with US President Donald Trump<\/a> and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha last month was Lord Rothermere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Ministers have also apparently heard from Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) group, which owns the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and the i Paper. What stance any corporation took is unknown. Weeks before the legal change was revealed, a team from the UAE met with Downing Street officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to its ties to the Gulf, DMGT has concentrated its events business there. Among the prominent media personalities that met with US President Donald Trump<\/a> and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha last month was Lord Rothermere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Ministers have also apparently heard from Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) group, which owns the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and the i Paper. What stance any corporation took is unknown. Weeks before the legal change was revealed, a team from the UAE met with Downing Street officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to its ties to the Gulf, DMGT has concentrated its events business there. Among the prominent media personalities that met with US President Donald Trump<\/a> and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha last month was Lord Rothermere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n According to new data gathered by Transparency International, lobbyists <\/a>are putting more and more pressure on MEPs on defense-related matters. In the last year, lobbyists from defense companies, trade associations, and consulting groups have organized 197 meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brussels has seen a boom in defense-related lobbying since the European Parliament's new term began in June 2024. Lobbyists from consulting firms, trade associations, and defense companies organized 197 meetings between June 2024 and June 17, 2025. This is a significant rise over the 78 meetings that were held throughout the preceding five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As reported by <\/a>Transparency International, with an impressive 55 meetings over the last year, German MEPs were the most active in defense negotiations. Bulgaria came in second with 19, followed by the Czech Republic with 7, Poland and Latvia with 6, Spain with 15, Finland with 10, Italy and Denmark with 9 each, and Finland with 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due in part to significant increases in their lobbying expenditures, certain interest groups have also demonstrated a greater presence in the Parliament than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To discuss the future of European defense, the implementation of the European Defence Industrial Strategy (EDIS), and the development of a robust European defence sector, for instance, RTX, a US aerospace and defence manufacturer, has arranged ten meetings with industry and security and defence committee members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) has hosted twelve meetings with MEPs thus far, compared to just two during the previous term. This is another noteworthy rise in contacts with EU officials in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 26 significant European corporations, including industry leaders like Airbus, Leonardo, Thales, and Rheinmetall, are represented by ASD, together with 23 national associations. According to the most recent data available in the EU Transparency Register, the group spent between \u20ac300,000 and \u20ac399,999 lobbying the EU institutions in 2023 and hired nine part-time lobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Parliament revised its regulations in September 2023 to include all MEPs and their helpers in the transparency standards. This may help to explain the rise in the number of meetings, as they are required to disclose the specifics of each planned meeting with lobbyists. However, it also makes room for unofficial meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the start of their mandate in June of last year, 90 MEPs, primarily from the hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), the non-attached, and the far-right European Sovereign Nations (ESN) party, have failed to announce a single meeting.<\/p>\n","post_title":"New data shows defence sector ramping up lobbying efforts in EU Parliament","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"new-data-shows-defence-sector-ramping-up-lobbying-efforts-in-eu-parliament","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-28 10:15:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8083","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":31},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
the group, which includes Labour peers, stated. \u201cThe department's choice to maintain the confidentiality of information pertaining to public consultation participants worries us. This is an unusual approach, particularly considering that the public consultation document said that \"a list of the organizations that responded\" will be included on the department's website along with a summary of the main comments highlighted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ministers have also apparently heard from Lord Rothermere's Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) group, which owns the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, and the i Paper. What stance any corporation took is unknown. Weeks before the legal change was revealed, a team from the UAE met with Downing Street officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to its ties to the Gulf, DMGT has concentrated its events business there. Among the prominent media personalities that met with US President Donald Trump<\/a> and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha last month was Lord Rothermere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The legal reform, which will be put to a vote in the House of Commons, is perceived as a component of Keir Starmer's efforts to attract foreign investment in an effort to boost the UK economy. However, any relaxation of the state ownership statute raises concerns in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One unnamed corporation lobbied for the threshold for foreign state ownership to be raised to 25% of a newspaper, according to the government's assessment of the reasons made to it over the proposed legislation change. It cited national security legislation that permits<\/a> foreign governments to acquire a quarter of critical infrastructure, including nuclear power facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The growing influence of money supported by Gulf nations in the media is evidenced by the demand to loosen the regulations governing state ownership. Saudi Arabia already has broadcast sports rights through the streamer Dazn, and the United Arab Emirates is vying for a piece of the Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a minority holding owned by IMI, a UAE-controlled company, the legislation change essentially opens the door for the US fund RedBird Capital to purchase the Telegraph. As a member of RedBird's consortium, Lord Rothermere is currently negotiating his minority investment in the Telegraph Media Group. The takeover hasn't happened yet, though.<\/p>\n","post_title":"UK ministers decline to disclose firms lobbying on foreign newspaper ownership rules","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"uk-ministers-decline-to-disclose-firms-lobbying-on-foreign-newspaper-ownership-rules","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-30 20:29:27","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8135","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8112,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 11:50:54","post_content":"\n Two energy corporations are being questioned by Democratic senators, led by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, about their attempts to \"win a $1.1 billion tax loophole\" in Donald Trump's alleged \"big, beautiful bill.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposed exception would shield fossil fuel firms from paying a tax imposed by Biden in 2022. Senate Republicans included the provision in their version of the reconciliation mega-bill last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT), which is enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act, mandates that companies with adjusted earnings above $1 billion pay taxes equal to at least 15% of the profits they disclose to their shareholders, also referred to as \"book profits.\" By enabling businesses to deduct certain drilling expenses from their revenue, the Senate Finance Committee's proposal would protect domestic drillers from that tax and enable some businesses to pay no federal taxes at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fossil fuel interests<\/a> have made winning the tax change a top goal this year. According to federal records, the modification was actively campaigned for by the oil giant ConocoPhillips and the Denver-based petroleum business Ovintiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warren, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote to ConocoPhillips and Ovintiv on Thursday morning, demanding <\/a>explanations regarding their involvement in the CAMT alteration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, which are sent to Brendan McCracken, CEO of Ovintiv, and Ryan Lance, CEO of ConocoPhillips, both businesses might \"benefit tremendously from this provision.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n The senators requested responses by July 9th on how much each company has spent and plans to spend this year on lobbying for the provision, how much each has contributed to elected officials who support tax cuts on fossil fuels, and how much tax reduction each company would experience if the provision is finalised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The signatories added, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The justification for CAMT was straightforward: for far too long, large corporations had exploited tax code loopholes to evade paying their fair share, sometimes paying zero federal taxes despite making billions in profits.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n According to the letter, the proposed modification is quite similar to a plan that Oklahoma Senator James Lankford submitted this year that would allow businesses to deduct \"intangible drilling and development costs\" from their CAMT revenue calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2019 to 2024, Lankford's primary industrial fundraising source was the fossil fuel business, which donated close to $500,000 to him. According to one analysis on the Lankford plan, deductions for intangible drilling costs\u2014which relate to expenses incurred prior to drilling, such as personnel and equipment\u2014have been in place since 1913, making them the oldest and largest fossil fuel subsidy in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the letters, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"Big Oil now wants this deduction to apply not only for their taxable income but also for book income purposes.\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In other words, if passed, this clause would lower or possibly completely remove oil and gas corporations' tax obligations under CAMT, enabling them to pay no federal income taxes at all.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Democratic senator challenges oil firms on tax break lobbying in Senate bill","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"democratic-senator-challenges-oil-firms-on-tax-break-lobbying-in-senate-bill","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-29 12:12:22","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8112","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8083,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-26 10:08:42","post_content":"\n
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What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What are the national security concerns with foreign ownership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
What are the national security concerns with foreign ownership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
What are the national security concerns with foreign ownership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How is DMGT involved in Gulf state lobbying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What are the national security concerns with foreign ownership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n
What explains the sharp rise in lobbying activity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
How is DMGT involved in Gulf state lobbying?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What are the national security concerns with foreign ownership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What fossil fuel tax loophole is being proposed?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How would CAMT changes benefit big oil companies?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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What is the role of Senator Lankford in this?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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